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On Wednesday February 17, according to preliminary data from the Lithuanian Highway Police Service (LKPT), 1 person (driver) died and 4 were injured (drivers and pedestrians) in 5 traffic accidents. Vehicle collisions – 3 cases, derailments – 1, vehicle collision in a crosswalk – 1 case. In case of snowy road surface (slippery), 3 traffic accidents occurred, in the darkness of the day – 2, in cities – 3 events.
On Wednesday, before midnight, in the Panevėžys district, on the main A17 road in the Panevėžys ring road (frozen surface), a 55-year-old man was driving a truck driven by a Renault Magnum. The tractor collided with the barriers, overturned them with traffic signals and drove from the road to the ditch. The driver died.
Broken metal road structures blocked lanes of traffic in both directions. They were struck by 2 more Scania trucks, driven by a 59-year-old citizen of the Republic of Latvia, and another by a 44-year-old man (according to preliminary data, these drivers were not injured).
In the morning, around 9.30 a.m., on an A19 motorway, on the southern ring road section of Vilnius (the surface is wet), a car collided with a 47-year-old man driving a BMW X5 3.0D with a trailer driven. for a safe speed and without maintaining the required distance. Seat Alhambra ”. A car rolled over on the roof from the impact. Seato’s driver, 26, (taken to the hospital) was injured.
At night, a 20-year-old girl appeared at the hospital in the capital, who, according to preliminary data, was injured as a driver in a traffic accident on Kalvarij Street when 2 cars collided (outpatient treatment was prescribed).
In the afternoon, in the Kaunas district, on the A5 Kaunas – Marijampolė – Suwalki highway (Via Baltica section), a 38-year-old driver of a MAN TGX truck, a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, turned around and did not give in . road and collided with a Volvo V70 in the opposite direction. A 33-year-old woman who was injured while driving a car was taken to hospital.
Also in the afternoon, in Visaginas, on Kosmoso Street (Nevada), at a crosswalk, a taxi driven by a 35-year-old man, the Audi A6, crashed into a pedestrian. The injured 65-year-old woman was hospitalized.
According to preliminary data, there are 53 road accidents per day, due to the fault of drunk drivers – 2 (in Panevėžys). In 12 cases of vehicle collisions with animals, these events occurred in Klaipėda, Panevėžys, Neringa and Kėdainiai municipality, Mažeikiai, Plungė, Rokiškis, Šilalė – 2 (1 – on the main road A1 Vilnius – Kaunas – Klaipėda), Švenčionys, Telšiai, Zarasai Districts.
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