Mercedes-Benz truck and Mercedes-Benz bus crash at Raudondvario highway and Vakarinis bypass, Kaunas

On Wednesday, 6 September 2023, in the morning at 5:44, in Kaunas, on Raudondvario highway near No. 186A, at the junction with Vakarinis bypass, a Mercedes-Benz 1222 rolled over. 16 people were injured — the 54-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz 1222 (treated as an outpatient), a 44-year-old passenger of a Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 63-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 56-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 55-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (severely injured, treated as an outpatient), a 49-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), the 56-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 52-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 31-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 55-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 45-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 50-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 65-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (severely injured, treated as an outpatient), a 54-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient), a 62-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (severely injured, treated as an outpatient) and a 64-year-old passenger of the Mercedes-Benz (treated as an outpatient). The accident was caused by the 54-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz 1222 (30 years of driving experience), who failed to give way when crossing an intersection. Both drivers were sober. At the time of the accident it was dark, the weather was clear, the road surface was dry. The speed limit on this section is 50 km/h.

Date / Time

Wednesday, 06/09/2023, 05:44

Type

Rollover

Location

Raudondvario pl. 186A / Vakarinis aplinkl. str., Kauno m. sav.