Hit-and-run Audi driver and eight other cars crash at Nemuno and Margirio streets, Panevėžys

On Thursday, 19 February 2015, at night at 3:24, in Panevėžys, on Nemuno street, at the junction with Margirio street, an Audi S6 Avant ran off the road. The collision involved the Audi S6 Avant, an Audi 80 Avant, a Volkswagen Golf, a Volkswagen LT 40, a BMW 318, a Fiat Palio, a Mazda 626, a Renault Espace and an Opel Vectra. No one was hurt in the accident. The accident was caused by the 24-year-old driver of the Audi S6 Avant (7 years of driving experience), who failed to choose a safe speed. He fled the scene. According to the register, the at-fault driver's vehicle had no compulsory civil-liability insurance (TPVCA). At the time of the accident it was dark, the road was unlit, it was raining, the road surface was wet. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time

Thursday, 19/02/2015, 03:24

Type

Running off the road to the right on a left-hand bend

Location

Nemuno str. / Margirio str., Panevėžio m. sav.