TALLINN- A fatal road accident in Jarvemaa has taken the lives of four teens. Five were taken to the hospital with injuries. Police note that the drivers were not intoxicated.
The accident occured shortly before 4 p.m. Jan. 25 on the 70th kilometer of the Tallinn-Tartu highway, a police spokeswoman said.
A Renault Laguna and a Peugeot 206 collided at Ussisoo. Both drivers, the 43 year old Aare and the 19 year old Jurgen, had licenses, the spokeswoman said.
A 15- and a 13-year-old girl were killed in the Renault, as were the driver of the Peugeot, Jurgen, and a 20 year old passenger.
"The Peugeot coming from Tartu veered into the opposite lane and crashed into the Renault coming from the direction of Tallinn," the news of the public broadcaster ETV quoted a police officer as saying.
One of the cars involved in the accident went on fire, ETV said.
The accident disrupted traffic on the Tallinn-Tartu highway for several hours.
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