“According to the information available at the moment, as a result of the incident, 17 people were killed and three were seriously injured,” the press service said.
The bus fell from a height of about 80 m onto a rocky slope near the village of Biso.
The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Iosif Chelidze and the head of the emergency management service Temur Mgebrishvili arrived at the scene, who personally coordinate the search and rescue activities.
An investigation has begun.
Earlier it was reported that a passenger minibus fell from an 80-meter height in Georgia, killing 12 people.