Registration code 07-23-9611860

Hit-and-run driver and Scania truck crash on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė road

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

On Monday, 11 December 2023, in the morning at 7:45, in Šilalės district municipality, Vingininkų village, on the Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė national road (kilometre 117.80), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a vehicle and a Scania. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by an unidentified person, who entered the oncoming traffic lane. He fled the scene. At the time of the accident it was twilight, it was snowing, there was a blizzard, the road surface was snow-covered. The speed limit on this section is 80 km/h.

Date / Time
Type
Head-on collision
Location
80

Weather

Snow, hail

Blizzard

Light condition

Twilight

Surface typeAsphalt or concreteSurface conditionSnow-coveredRoad geometryStraight level sectionBarriers present
Participants2Vehicles2Damaged1

Participants

Possibly at faultFled the scenePerson unknown

Car driver

Entering the oncoming traffic lane

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Participants

Car driver

Male, 48 y. (exp. 29 y.)

Unharmed
Sober