A 60-year-old female driver lost her life on Thursday (October 30) in a serious traffic accident on road I/18 in the cadastral territory of the village of Stránavy in the district of Žilina. The road was completely closed for the time necessary to document the accident. TASR was informed about this by the Žilina regional police spokeswoman Zuzana Šefčíková.
- A traffic accident on the I/18 road claimed the life of the driver.
- The exact causes of the accident are still under investigation.
- The road was temporarily completely closed to document the accident.
- The female passenger suffered injuries requiring transportation to the hospital.
- The driver of the vehicle had a negative breath test result.
The driver was driving an Audi car from the village of Stránava to the intersection with road I/18, while for reasons that have not yet been determined exactly, it entered the carriageway of a rolling stock coming from the city of Žilina. “The woman succumbed to her injuries while being transported to the hospital. The passenger suffered injuries that required her to be transported to the hospital“, explained Šefčíková.
The driver of the vehicle underwent a breath test as well as a test for the ingestion of psychotropic and narcotic substances with a negative result. Other circumstances, as well as the exact causes of the tragic traffic accident, are under investigation.
