{"id":199876,"date":"2026-08-13T16:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199876\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:51:17","slug":"driver-in-deadly-georgia-bus-crash-guarded-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199876\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver in deadly Georgia bus crash guarded in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Georgian driver of a minibus that plunged into a ravine in Guria region, killing four Belarusians and injuring 15 other tourists yesterday, is hospitalized in Kobuleti under police guard, <em>interpressnews.ge<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities will transfer him to a temporary detention facility as soon as he is discharged after receiving necessary treatment. The driver managed to jump out of the vehicle during the accident, in which six children suffered injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 12, a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter reportedly suffered brake failure while descending from the Gomismta mountain resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The injured passengers, including children, were taken to hospitals in Ozurgeti, Chokhatauri and Batumi. Two victims are in intensive care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second fatal crash involving Belarusian tourists in Georgia this summer. In July, a minibus carrying a group of tourists collided with a passenger car in Batumi. Two Belarusians, a 41-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Foreign ministry urges Belarusians to plan trips carefully after another deadly minibus crash in Georgia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 13, Pozirk. Belarusians should choose tour operators carefully and thoroughly plan their itineraries when travelling abroad, the Belarusian foreign ministry said on August 13, commenting on an accident in which four Belarusians were killed and 15 injured after a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/199848\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 13, Pozirk. The Georgian driver of a minibus that plunged into a ravine in Guria region, killing four Belarusians and injuring 15 other tourists yesterday, is hospitalized in Kobuleti under police guard, interpressnews.ge reports. Authorities will transfer him to a temporary detention facility as soon as he is discharged after receiving necessary treatment. 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