6 who attended UNM Tbilisi rally die in road accident, 10 others injured
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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.
Police have detained the driver of the truck who is a Turkish citizen.
UNM member Salome Samadashvili expressed her ‘deep sorrow’ over the tragic incident and stated that the individuals had ‘sacrificed their lives to the state.’
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has stated that 'it is a big tragedy for the country. We have no citizens to lose.'
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.
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 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.
A concluding campaign rally organized by the United Opposition - Power in Unity is being held on Freedom Square in downtown Tbilisi. Two days before the parliamentary elections in Georgia, members and supporters of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party marched from Republic Square to Freedom Square in the center of the capital city of Tbilisi, with Georgian flags and banners that read 'let's say goodbye to Bidzina'.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports that 450 individuals were killed and 6,640 were injured in road accidents in 2020 in Georgia.