UPDATED: 12 die, 3 injure in road accident in Dusheti municipality
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Updated at 21:54
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has sent condolences to the families of those who have died in a tragic accident on the Shatili road in Dusheti municipality.
Reportedly, the minibus that fell down a 80 meter rocky slope belonged to a tourist company. 12 out of its 19 passengers have died, three others have been badly injured, while the rest four are still missing.
Earlier at 21:09
The Georgian Interior Ministry has reported that 12 people have died and three others have been badly injured in a road accident close to the village of Biso, Dusheti municipality.
The ministry said that the minibus fell down a 80 meter rocky slope from the Shatili road.
An investigation into the accident has been launched.
The amount of injured people on worksites decreased by 16 per cent in 2019, while the amount of people killed at worksites decreased by 25 per cent, says Labour Conditions Inspection Department.
22,590 pedestrians have been fined in Tbilisi between January and September 2019 for violating traffic rules while the figure was 12,685 in the same period of last year, the Georgian Interior Ministry told IPN news agency.
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 saved and delivered to hospital, while two are still missing.
6,608 individuals have been killed and up to 85,946 received injuries in Georgia in road accidents over the past ten years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, President Salome Zurabishvili, Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze have sent condolences to the families of those who have died in a tragic road accident in Dusheti municipality earlier today
Flags on all government buildings across Georgia will be flying at half staff on August 25 as the day has been announced a day of mourning in recognition of those who died during the tragic accident on Shatili road yesterday.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has sent his condolences to Georgia after a deadly road accident on Shatili road in Dusheti municipality that took the lives of 17 people on August 23.
Flags on all governmental building across Georgia are flying at half-staff today as August 25 has been announced a day of mourning in recognition of those who died during tragic road accident in Dusheti municipality on August 23. Georgia has received condolences from foreign officials and states in the wake of the deadly road accident.
One of the three survivors of the tragic road accident in Dusheti municipality that took the lives of 17 people in late August has been discharged from hospital today. Two others might also be discharged later today, the Clinical Director at the First Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University Lali Turdzeladze said.
Six individuals have died and 10 others were injured in a road accident near Gori, central Georgia late yesterday after a minibus and a truck collided.All the individuals in the minibus had come to the capital of Tbilisi from western Samegrelo region earlier in the day to attend the rally of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition rally. They were returning back to the region late yesterday when the accident took place.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports that 450 individuals were killed and 6,640 were injured in road accidents in 2020 in Georgia.