YEREVAN. – The first hearings into the case of famous Armenian actor Vardan Petrosyan began in the court of Kotayk Region.

The actor has been transported to the courtroom from prison hospital, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reported. The relatives of accident victims are in the court.

France's consul to Armenia and head of protocol department of the French Embassy in Armenia are present.
The lawyer intends to file a request to postpone the hearings.

A major accident occurred on October 20 in Kotayk Region. A BMW and a VAZ 2121-model vehicle crashed at around 9:20pm on the Yeghvard-Yerevan motorway. As a result, seven people sustained injuries and were transferred to several hospitals. Among them was famous actor and comedian Vardan Petrosyan, whose liver and spleen had ruptured. As a result of the accident, however, brothers Edgar and Eduard Hakobyan—who were passengers in the VAZ 2121—had died.
A criminal case was instituted on the incident, and Vardan Petrosyan was  arrested.