Visvaldas Matijosaitis, Mayor of Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city and one of the country's richest men, struck a pedestrian with his ca. €220,000 Rolls-Royce on June 30 at a pedestrian crossing in the city, LRT.lt reported.

The 30-year-old man was taken to hospital with injuries, though his life is not in danger. Police spokesperson said the mayor was sober at the time.

This is at least the third traffic-related incident involving Matijosaitis. In 2018, he hit an 80-year-old man near a crossing in central Kaunas. Following that case, he pledged to stop driving during working hours. In 2016, he was also accused of failing to yield to a pedestrian, LRT.lt said.

As reported by bne IntelliNews, Matijosaitis and his business group have recently completed the sale of their Russian operations, following sustained criticism over their continued presence in the country after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Matijosaitis, co-owner of the Viciunai Group, had long maintained business ties in Russia through a major fish-processing facility in Sovetsk (Kaliningrad) and several associated companies involved in logistics, distribution and food trade. In April 2024, the company announced that all its Russian and CIS assets had been sold to a St. Petersburg-based firm, Gruppa Okean.

The deal, valued at more than €100mn, included the Sovetsk factory and related brands, as well as six logistics and wholesale subsidiaries. The move marked a full withdrawal from Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) markets.

The sale came after growing pressure from both the public and international observers. Viciunai Group had been listed by Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention as an "international sponsor of war," due to its continued operations in Russia during the conflict. The designation brought additional attention to the company’s activities and its ownership links to a sitting Lithuanian mayor.

An earlier investigation by Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that the group's Lithuanian unit had exported electronic parts and bearings to Russia that could be classified as dual-use items under EU sanctions. The company denied wrongdoing, stating that any such exports were unintentional and likely the result of customs oversight.