„Allegations were made against the driver. He was questioned and released. Procedural actions are ongoing,“ ELTA learned from Gintarė Navickaitė, a representative of Marijampolė County Police Headquarters.
Allegations were made under the Criminal Code article for causing a road traffic accident resulting in severe impairment of other people’s health.
As reported, the accident happened before 6 a.m. Monday on the 49th km of the road Pilviškiai-Šakiai-Jurbarkas. Passenger bus Setra, driven by a 64-year-old man, drew off the road and flipped on its side.
Forty-seven people including the driver were on the vehicle. Twenty-five people were injured, 7 of them were hospitalised. Five adult passengers are being treated in Kaunas Clinics. Others are treated in a hospital in Jurbarkas. The lives of the injured are not in danger.