According to the Kaunas County Chief Police Commissariat, the accident report was received at 18:07.
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The young man was walking beside the tracks and was hit by a train at the Neveronys railway crossing. Police officers are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy, a pre-trial investigation has been launched,” said the police officer on duty.
Sandra Trinkūnaitė-Rimkienė, head of public relations at the company Lietuvos geležinkeliai, clarified to delfi.lt that according to preliminary data, the tragedy did not occur at the crossing itself; the young man was walking on the railway tracks.
According to S. Trinkūnaitė-Rimkienė, passengers of the train traveling from Kaunas to Vilnius that was involved in the accident were transferred to another train and continued their journey.
