Rescue Operation Resumes in Tusheti

The rescue operation has been resumed in Tusheti, the mountainous region in northeast Georgia, where the tragic road accident claimed the lives of 6 people, including one child, on July 27. Rescuers continue searching for one person who is missing after the accident.

The Pshaveli-Abano-Omalo motorway has been blocked from the village of Lechauri to Omalo. According to the Emergency Management Service, the blocking of the road is necessary to allow the heavy equipment to pull the truck from the ravine.

A “Kamaz” truck, carrying 12 people, fell into the ravine in Tusheti from 200 meters on July 27.

As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was established that the driver of the truck could not control the steering wheel and the car fell into the ravine.

6 people, including one child, died in the accident. Another five passengers survived. Three people injured in the accident were safely taken from the ravine. All of them have been hospitalized.

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By Ana Dumbadze