At least 12 died and another 3 were injured during a car accident on the road leading to Shatali village, as reported the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Georgia News reports.

A car accident took place near Biso village in the afternoon after a microbus fell into a gorge from an almost 80-meter altitude.

Rescuers managed to remove three victims from the bus, transported them to a safe place and hospitalized one of them. They are in critical condition. The search for others in the microbus continues.

The causes of the accident remain unknown.

A criminal case has been instituted.