5 dead, 3 injured, 2 missing in tragic accident in Tusheti

Five people, including a minor and a driver, have died in a car accident that occurred yesterday on the road leading to Georgia's iconic mountainous region of Tusheti.

Three people have been hospitalised, while two are still missing.

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The rescue teams of the Interior Ministry's Emergency Management Service and doctors arrived on a Border Police helicopter from Tbilisi.

The Emergency Management Service released a video from the place of accident:

A preliminary account states the driver of a Kamaz truck fell into a ravine en route to the village of Omali in Tusheti region. 

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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili expressed her condolences over the tragic accident

 I send my condolences to the families of the deceased and would like to wish a fast recovery to those who were injured”, President Zurabishvili wrote on her Facebook page.

Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has also shared his condolences.