YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) rescuers have removed the bodies of the persons, who died as a result of Thursday’s elevator accident that occurred in a newly constructed building in capital city Yerevan, MES informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.      

Also, the identities of the dead are ascertained. One was Husik Ohanyan, 52, and the other was an approximately-50-year-old man and, according to preliminary information, his name was Yura.

The injured—namely, Khachik Yepremyan, 45, and Gevorg Safaryan, 60—are in critical condition. At present, Yepremyan is undergoing a surgery to remove his spleen, the “Armenia” Medical Center informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.     

To note, the elevator’s cable had snapped from the building’s seventeenth floor and, as a result, the elevator had fallen on the persons who were working in the elevator shaft. MES had received this information on Thursday at 5:22pm. But the elevator was not registered in the MES records and had not undergone an inspection. Two died and two others sustained injuries in the mishap.