The battered deer ran through the glass to the mushroom’s car and found itself in the passenger seat.

The landscape of the Trakai district is characterized not only by the abundance of lakes and mounds, but is also covered with forests with abundant fauna. As a result, there are many accidents in the area where vehicles come into contact with wildlife. During the 8 months of this year, up to 70 traffic accidents of this type were recorded at the Trakai District Police Commission. Fortunately, no casualties have been avoided, no humans died in any of them, but the same cannot be said for the wild animals, Vilnius County Police reports.

On 10 September, around 8:20 p.m., on an A16 motorway near Aukštadvaris, a Toyota car driven by a woman stopped a moose that had suddenly escaped onto the road and escaped after the collision. The driver was not hit, but injured.

On the night of September 11, around 2:20 a.m. M., On the A16 motorway near the Račkūnai forest, a Nissan car driven by a man stopped a deer that had suddenly run onto the road and left the forest after the collision. People were not run over, the car was damaged.

On September 11, at approximately 6.40 am, Trakai police officers received a report that a Škoda car had run off the road after a collision with a wild animal in the Trakai-Rūdiškės-Pivašiūnai-Alytus section of the Rūdiškės-Onuškis section. Police officers who arrived at the scene quickly saw an extraordinary image of a dead deer in the front passenger seat of a car. The 64-year-old driver, ready to shoot, was not injured, the car was badly damaged. The animal died after the collision.

Trakai district police officers draw the attention of district residents and drivers of passing vehicles not to exceed the established safe speed, to be careful when driving, to keep an eye on the environment, especially in areas wooded sections of the roads, to protect wild animals that suddenly cross the road.