Truck hits pedestrian in Tīnūži parish, person killed
On Monday morning in Tīnūži parish, Ogre municipality, a truck driver hit a pedestrian on the P80 road, and the pedestrian died. The State Police are investigating the circumstances.
A fatal road accident took place on Monday, 19 October, at about 5:40 a.m. on the P80 Tīnūži–Koknese road in Tīnūži parish, Ogre municipality, Latvia. The driver of a Volvo truck hit a pedestrian, and the person died in the accident. The information was released by the State Police, the national law enforcement agency that investigates such cases.
Eyewitness account
An eyewitness told the portal OgreNet that while taking a child to kindergarten in the morning, he or she saw the covered body of a dead person on the road behind the heavy vehicle. When the eyewitness returned along the same road, the body had already been taken away. The eyewitness also supplied video footage to the portal, and a screenshot from it accompanied the report.
Investigation
The State Police are currently establishing the circumstances of the accident. The source does not say who the deceased was, how exactly the collision happened or whether the driver was injured. That information has not yet been made public.
