Car Accident
On 8 December 2007 afternoon, three cars crashed into each other on the 91st kilometre of Tallinn–Tartu highway, near Paide leading to death of three people; a fourth car drove out of the road to avoid crashing. The crash was caused, as was later found, by Laiksoo's Volvo XC90, driving into the opposite lane and crashing head-on into a VAZ 21063, driven by a man identified as Heinar, born in 1930. A Seat Cordoba, driven by a man identified as Tarmo, born in 1951, which had been driving after the VAZ then crashed into it. Heinar, Tarmo, and a female person who had been travelling in the VAZ died due to the crash. In order to avoid crashing into the crashed cars, a Renault driven by a woman identified as Triin, born in 1982, drove off the road, suffering no significant injuries.
Laiksoo, being only 17 years old at the time of the crash, was legally required to only drive under supervision of an adult licensed driver. However, he was driving alone at the time.
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