25 July 2009
Nino Gigashvili, Dato Avaliani, Joni Kublashvili and Giorgi Mgaloblishvili
Road accident
Four journalists from the Rioni regional TV station were killed at the corner of Ninoshvili Street and Aghmashenebeli Avenue in a car accident in Kutaisi.
They were returning home from work when a vehicle, presumably a BMW jeep, slammed into their car and then fled the scene. Journalist Nino Gigashvili and cameraman Dato Avaliani died at the scene. Joni Kublashvili and Giorgi Mgaloblishvili died in the ambulance en route to hospital.
