Registration code 07-20-9517738

Hit-and-run DAF truck driver in crash with Opel on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda road

At-fault driver fled the scene
2
Participants
0
Injured
0
Killed

On Friday, 3 January 2020, in the afternoon at 13:21, in Kauno city municipality, on the Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (d. pusė) main road (kilometre 97.43), a falling cargo occurred. The accident involved an Opel, a Wielton NS 34S and a DAF FT XF105. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 52-year-old driver of the DAF (2 years of driving experience), who violated cargo-transport rules. He fled the scene. Both drivers were sober. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Falling cargo
Location
90

Weather

Overcast

Light condition

Daytime

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionDryRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles3Damaged1

Participants

At faultFled the scene

Car driver

Male, 52 y. (exp. 2 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Violation of cargo-transport rules

Participants

Car driver

Female, 30 y. (exp. 11 y.)

Unharmed
Sober

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