Head of tourist company arrested for road accident which killed 17 in 2020
A minibus used by Georgian tourist company Travel.ge with 20 individuals inside fell off an 80-meter-high slope in the Dusheti municipality last year. Photo: IPN.
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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.
They have been charged with the use of a vehicle with technical problems which caused the death of people.
The minibus with 20 individuals fell down an 80-meter-high slope in the Dusheti municipality of the Khevsureti region, near the village of Biso on August 23, 2020.
The accident resulted in the death of 17 individuals, while three others received serious injuries.
August 25 was declared a day of mourning in Georgia due to the accident.
The detainees may be sentenced to 6-10 years in prison if found guilty.
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.
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.
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.
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