Registration code 07-21-9541100

Hit-and-run Renault truck driver in crash with Scania truck on the Šiauliai–Gruzdžiai–Naujoji Akmenė road

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

On Friday, 8 January 2021, in the morning at 7:28, in Šiaulių district municipality, on the Šiauliai–Gruzdžiai–Naujoji Akmenė national road (kilometre 17), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a Renault and a Scania. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 44-year-old driver of the Renault (26 years of driving experience), who failed to keep a safe distance. He fled the scene. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was snowing, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
90

Weather

Snow, hail

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged2

Participants

At faultFled the scene

Car driver

Male, 44 y. (exp. 26 y.)

Unharmed
Sober
Failure to keep a safe distance

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 59 y. (exp. 40 y.)

Unharmed
Sober