GYUMRI.- A fatal road accident occurred in Armenia’s second largest city Gyumri late on Wednesday evening.

The driver of Opel Vectra lost control of the vehicle, it went off the road and crashed into a kiosk at 11:30 pm.

The rescuers arrived at the scene to take out the driver and a passenger. They were identified as Levon Topchyan, 24, and Mikael Grigoryan, 24.

Tpochyan died on the way to hospital, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from Shirak Region. The passenger is critical, doctors say.

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