Artyom Tovmasyan, who had died as a result of military truck—carrying soldiers—falling into a canyon in Armenia’s Lori Province on April 17, was interred with a military ceremony.

The prefect of Sarnakunk village of the Syunik Province, Manuchar Mkrtchyan, told about the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He informed that the funeral of the soldier was held on Sunday at the village cemetery.

“The corps commander, the military unit commander, [and] the military servicemen attended the funeral,” Mkrtchyan added.

As reported earlier, the aforesaid military truck had rolled over at the Spitak city bends and fallen into a canyon. The driver of the truck, conscript Artyom Tovmasyan (born in 1995), had died as a result of the injuries he had sustained in the accident. Nine other soldiers were injured in the incident, and they have been transported from the Spitak hospital to the Armenian Ministry of Defense Central Clinical Military Hospital in capital city Yerevan.

A criminal case has opened in connection with this accident.