Scania R400 truck traffic accident

2025-09-19
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Road No. A1 Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda 12 km

On September 19 at around 5:22 p.m. The driver of a truck "Scania R400" with a semi-trailer "Schmitz", while driving on the road No. A1 Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipėda 12 km towards Vilnius, due to health problems, drove off the roadway to the left and crashed into the road barriers installed in the dividing lane. The driver was provided with emergency medical assistance, but he did not survive.

Status of safety investigation:
2025-09-19 Notification received
2025-09-22 Initiated preliminary assessment for decision to conduct a safety investigation
2025-10-28 Decision made not to conduct a safety investigation (Paragraph 6 of Article 22 of the Safety Investigation Law)