Truck driver dies at construction site in Tbilisi

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Today, a truck fell from a height at a construction site in Tbilisi, the driver died under a pile of earth that collapsed on the truck’s cabin.

Today, a truck driver died at a construction site in Tbilisi. His truck went off the road and fell from a great height.

The driver failed to keep the truck on the road along an embankment: the vehicle overturned and fell down a slope, and its cargo – a full truckload of earth – buried the cabin along with the driver.

A criminal investigation has been initiated by law enforcement on the fact of death under the article “Violation of traffic rules or operation of transport”.