Three Injured, 17 Killed in Georgia Road Crash
On Monday Ex-Soviet Georgia, announced a day of mourning after 17 people were killed when a mini-bus plunged 80 metres (260 feet) off a mountain road.
According to the report by the Police, said that the accident took place on Sunday in the country’s Mtskheta-Mtianeti region in the Caucasus Mountains.
The interior ministry in a statement said that the mini-bus “fell over a rocky slope” while traveling in the municipality of Dusheti, killing 17 people and leaving three seriously injured.
Following the accident, it has been reported that the injured persons were evacuated by Emergency Workers for medical treatment and police are investigating the cause.
On Tuesday the government declared a day of national mourning, with flags to fly at half-mast across the country.
It was also disclosed that Georgia has a notoriously bad traffic safety record, with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development regularly ranking it among the worst of its members in road deaths per capita.
Meanwhile, Activists have for years urged the authorities to improve the quality of its roads and campaign against reckless driving.