YEREVAN. – A. Gasparyan called Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry’s Crisis Management Center, on August 19 at 1:40pm, informing that a traffic accident had occurred in Georgia, and his relatives were in the vehicle involved in the incident.  

The citizen wished to receive information about his relatives, and the aforesaid Center established contact with the driver of the car.

It was found out that an Opel had gone off road and tipped over, on August 18 at around 6am, at Georgia’s Samtredia-Kobuleti Highway, the Ministry’s press service informs. 

As a result, passengers Lilia Movsisyan, 31, and Mari Movsisyan, 8, sustained injuries and were transferred to hospital. 

Also, the Crisis Management Center established contact with Armenia’s Embassy in Georgia, where it was assured that everything is being done to help these citizens of Armenia.   

In addition, Armenia’s Consul in Georgia, Anahit Barseghyan, informed that Mari Movsisyan is at a Tbilisi hospital, whereas Lilia Movsisyan is at a Kutaisi city hospital.  

Next, the Crisis Management Center received information, on Tuesday evening, that assistance is needed to transfer the Armenian nationals to Yerevan.  

An Emergency Situations Ministry ambulance, together with a team led by Medical Security Department Chief, Lieutenant Colonel K. Atoyan, headed for Georgia, on Wednesday at 4:45am, to transfer the injured to Yerevan.  

But Atoyan informed from Tbilisi at 10:30am that, after consulting with the physicians, it was decided to transfer the child at a later date.

The ambulance already headed to Kutaisi, and Lilia Movsisyan will be transferred to Yerevan on Wednesday.