Mercedes-Benz hits an animal on the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus road

On Monday, 3 July 2023, in the evening at 22:35, in Varėnos district municipality, Vazgirdonių village, on Ežero street, a Mercedes-Benz hit an animal. No one was hurt in the accident. The driver was sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was overcast, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time

Monday, 03/07/2023, 22:35

How it happened

Hitting an animal

LocationCorrected by the coordinates

Vazgirdonių k., Ežero g. Krašto keliai Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus, 9 km, Varėnos r. sav.

Recorded locationPolice data

Vazgirdonių k., Ežero g. Krašto keliai Valkininkų g s –Daugai–Alytus, 19 km, Varėnos r. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 9 km rather than the recorded 19 km, so the location by the coordinates is taken as the true one. The state road register has no road by that name – it is the Naujieji Valkininkai–Daugai–Alytus road.