Five injured in three-vehicle crash in Prienai district

Five people were injured in a crash involving three vehicles in Prienai district on Friday evening, LRT reported, citing the Police Department.

The crash happened at about 8.20pm near Skriaudžiai village, on the 10th kilometre of the Mauručiai–Vinčai–Puskelniai road. A BMW 520D driven by a man born in 1982 hit a tractor travelling in the same direction, driven by a man born in 1958.

The tractor left the road and went into a ditch. The BMW crossed into the opposite lane and collided with an oncoming Seat Alhambra towing a trailer, driven by a man born in 1977.

Those injured were a woman born in 1959 who was travelling on the tractor, the BMW driver and a passenger born in 2018, and a Seat passenger born in 1978. They received medical care and are being treated as outpatients. The Seat driver was admitted to a hospital in Kaunas.

A pre-trial investigation has been opened.