Elderly driver loses control in Riga and crashes into café wall
In Riga's Krišjāņa Barona Street, an elderly driver lost control of his car, clipped an oncoming vehicle and hit a building façade. The incident was reported by TV3's programme "Degpunktā".
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A car crash involving an elderly driver has taken place in central Riga, on Krišjāņa Barona Street. According to the programme "Degpunktā" on the television channel TV3, the driver lost control of his vehicle.
The source indicates that the car veered into the opposing lane and clipped another vehicle coming the other way. It then continued on and smashed into the façade of a building. The headline specifies that the impact hit the wall of a café.
The incident was captured on video, which is featured in the TVNET report. The source does not say whether anyone was injured, what caused the driver to lose control, or how badly the building and the vehicles were damaged. It also gives no information on whether the police or other authorities have opened an inquiry.
