20/09/2014 16:50
1 dead, several injured as Armenian Defense Ministry car falls into gorge
Around 5:00 pm on September 19, a GAZ-66 car of Armenian Defense Ministry left the roadway and fell into a gorge near Artsvaberd village in Tavush province, Defense Ministry said. The driver, Captain Pavlik Manukyan, died at the scene.
The passengers of the car – Senior Lieutenant Harutyun Khacahtrayn, Lieutenant Armen Hovsepyan, Junior Sergeants Grisha Grigoryan, Narek Mirzoyan, Mher Vardanayn, Sergeant Boris Tunyan, and Privates Tigran Ohanyan, Avetik Nazaryan, Artyom Abrahamyan, Ashot Sargsyan, Muraz Sadoyan, and Vardges Khachatryan received injuries and were taken to the military hospital of the city of Berd. They are in satisfactory condition.
The Main Military Investigative Department of Armenia’s Investigative committee is conducting an investigation.