YEREVAN. – According to doctors, Armenian military Captain Husik Stepanyan, who was hospitalized as a result of Wednesday’s accident, is in average critical condition, Defense Ministry Press Secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He added that Stepanyan had sustained fractures.     

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a road accident occurred Wednesday that involved a military truck which was transporting petrol in Vayots Dzor Region. Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the accident happened when the truck attempted to avoid clashing with a car that moving in the opposite direction and, as a result, the military truck fell into a canyon. There were two soldiers in the truck, both from the Vayk city military unit. They were Captain Husik Stepanyan and conscript Artur Gevorgyan. The latter died, whereas Stepanyan sustained injuries.