Fatal traffic accident in Lääne-Virumaa claimed a life

Tragic traffic accident occurred this afternoon in Kõrkküla, Viru-Nigula parish, Lääne-Viru County, resulting in one fatality and five injuries. The accident took place on the Tallinn-Narva highway, when the Infiniti and Audi cars collided.

The emergency center received a report about the accident around 2:50 p.m. According to preliminary data, the vehicles collided in Kõrkküla, Viru-Nigula parish, causing a serious traffic accident. The 53-year-old man driving the Audi died in the accident. The woman sitting next to him was seriously injured and taken to the hospital.

There were four people in the Infiniti, all of whom were taken to the hospital: the 43-year-old man driving the car, the 44-year-old man sitting next to him, the 39-year-old woman sitting in the back, and a 7-year-old girl.

Jaanus Murakas, operational manager of the East Prefecture, speaks:

“According to preliminary data, a severe traffic accident occurred when the Audi car traveling from Tallinn to Jõhvi drifted into oncoming traffic and collided with the Infiniti car. It’s still too early to say why the Audi drifted into oncoming traffic, and we have initiated a criminal investigation to determine the circumstances. At the time of the accident, there was strong wind and rain.

The weather has been changeable and windy in recent weeks, and there has already been frost at night. The changing weather and increasingly dark evenings definitely make road conditions more difficult, so I ask all road users to take this into account and choose their driving style accordingly.”

The accident happened on a road section where the maximum speed limit is 90 km/h. Traffic in both directions was opened around 5 p.m.