Traffic accident involving Toyota Prius, VW Touran and BMW

2025-10-11
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Road No. 141 Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda 187 km

On October 11, at about 3:55 p.m., the driver of the Toyota Prius, while driving on road No. 141 Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda, 187 km, towards Šilutė, crossed into the oncoming lane, hit a VW Touran car traveling in the opposite direction, and collided with a BMW car traveling behind it. The drivers of the Toyota Prius and BMW were killed in the accident, and 8 passengers of these cars were injured.

Status of safety investigation:
2025-10-13 Notification received
2025-10-13 Initiated preliminary assessment for decision to conduct a safety investigation
2025-12-02 Decision made not to conduct a safety investigation (Paragraph 6 of Article 22 of the Safety Investigation Law)