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1 killed after car pushed into ravine due to avalanche on Kobi highway

One Georgian citizen was injured after the accident, while an Armenian citizen is safe. Photo: reginfo.ge.

Agenda.ge, 05 Feb 2020 - 12:01, Tbilisi,Georgia

A woman has died after her car was pushed into a ravine as a result of an avalanche in Stepanstminda, Kazbegi municipality on the Kobi highway late yesterday.

The individual who died was a Russian citizen.

There were two other people in the car.

One Georgian citizen was injured after the accident, while an Armenian citizen is safe.

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