Georgian officials saddened by tragic accident on Shatili road
The Georgian Interior Ministry has reported that 17 people have died and three others have been badly injured. Photo: Amos Chapple/RFERL
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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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported earlier that 12 people have died and three others have been badly injured in a road accident close to the village of Biso. However, the ministry later said the death toll has increased to 17.
The minibus that fell down a 80 meter rocky slope belonged to a tourist company.
An investigation into the accident has been launched.
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. An investigation into the accident has been launched.
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.
Rescuers have found the body of a missing man close to the village of Skuri in the western Tsalenjikha municipality. The rescuers had been searching for the 61-year-old man for five days since October 6.
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 head of Georgian tourist company Travel.ge Shalva Bolotashvili and the owner of a minibus have been arrested earlier today for a deadly road accident which killed 17 individuals last year.