The accident happened a little after midnight in Lizum parish, on the Cesvaine-Velēna highway.
Preliminary information shows that the young man, while driving an Audi vehicle, lost control of the vehicle, as a result of which it crashed and crashed into a tree.
The driver born in 2007 died in the accident, as well as three passengers – a girl born in 2006, a girl born in 2010, and a boy born in 2007. Another passenger, who was born in 2007, was taken to a medical facility.
Considering that the driver was a minor, he did not have a driver’s license. The car had a valid technical inspection.
Criminal proceedings have been initiated for the incident, and the circumstances of the accident are being investigated.
The State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) informed the LETA agency that hydraulic tools were used to free the two victims from the car.
This is one of the most tragic accidents in recent years in which so many young people lost their lives. The most tragic accident involving young people in the last 12 years took place on January 1, 2012 in Krāslava county. At that time, the car “Mazda 626”, in which seven young people were driving, ran off the road in a curve and fell into the Rudna river. One of the youths was in the trunk of the car. The young people in the car died of drowning. The crashed car had summer tires in bad condition. Also, it has not passed a technical inspection. None of the young people who died in the tragic accident in Krāslava county had a driver’s license.
In the past 24 hours, 116 road traffic accidents were registered in the country, 14 people were injured in them.
In total, 622 administrative violation decisions were made in the field of road traffic, including 281 for speeding and two for aggressive driving. On the other hand, four administrative violation proceedings and three criminal proceedings have been initiated for driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
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