The mayor of Georgian Terdzhola (Imereti region) Lasha Gogiashvili died in a car accident in western Georgia, Channel One reports.
A motorcycle collided with a trailer on the territory of the village of Separeti, Terzholsky district. The motorcycle was driven by a 42-year-old mayor of Terjola. Gogiashvili was taken to the center of interventional medicine in Kutaisi, but it was not possible to save him, Sputnik Georgia reports.
Gogiashvili was a member of the ruling Georgian Dream party. He was elected mayor of Terjola in the 2021 local government elections for the second time.