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

29.07.19 11:00


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.

 

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

 

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

 

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili expressed her condolences over the tragic accident.

 

Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has also shared his condolences.

 

 

source: AGENDA/ agenda.ge

 

 

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