Truck with trailer ends up in ditch in Valmiera area, passenger injured
On the morning of 5 November, a Scania truck with a trailer left the P18 road in Kauguri parish, Valmiera municipality, and landed in a ditch. A passenger was taken to a medical facility, and administrative violation proceedings have been started.
The Vidzeme regional department of the State Police has reported a road accident that took place on 5 November at 5:55 a.m. in Kauguri parish, Valmiera municipality, on the P18 road (Valmiera–Smiltene), at the 6th kilometre. A passenger was injured, and administrative violation proceedings have been initiated.
According to the police, a man was driving a Scania vehicle coupled with a trailer in the direction from Valmiera towards Smiltene. The driver lost control of the vehicle, left the carriageway and ended up in a ditch. The vehicle and the ditch were damaged, and the passenger was taken to a medical facility.
Other incidents in the Vidzeme region
Over the past 24 hours, the Vidzeme regional department registered 96 incidents in which residents asked for help or possible criminal activity was detected. There were 15 road accidents, and only one of them involved an injured person.
In road traffic supervision, 106 decisions were made, 57 of them for exceeding the permitted speed limit. Police also identified two cases of drivers getting behind the wheel while intoxicated.
One of these was recorded on 5 November at 5:50 p.m. in Indrani parish, Madona municipality, on the Jaunkalsnava–Lubana road, at the 45th kilometre. A woman was driving a BMW car towards Lubana while under the influence of alcohol. The minimum alcohol concentration in her exhaled air was 2.16 per mille. Criminal proceedings have been initiated in this case.
