Hit-and-run driver and Scania truck crash on the Panevėžio aplinkkelis road

On Monday, 1 December 2025, in the afternoon at 13:20, in Panevėžio district municipality, on the Panevėžio aplinkkelis (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta d. pusė) main road (kilometre 12), a head-on collision occurred. The collision involved a vehicle and a Scania R500 registered in Estonia. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by an unidentified person, who failed to choose a safe speed. He fled the scene. At the time of the accident it was overcast, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 90 km/h.

Date / Time

Monday, 01/12/2025, 13:20

How it happened

Head-on collision

Type

Other collisions with vehicles moving in the opposite direction

LocationCorrected by the coordinates

Magistraliniai keliai Panevėžio aplinkkelis (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta d. pusė), 12 km, Panevėžio r. sav.

Recorded locationPolice data

Magistraliniai keliai Panevėžio aplinkkelis (kelio ruožo su skir. juosta d. pusė), 10.3 km, Panevėžio r. sav.

The coordinates lie on the same road, but at 12 km rather than the recorded 10.3 km, so the location by the coordinates is taken as the true one.