Another person, Argam Poghosyan, 4, who was injured as a result Tuesday’s major traffic accident on Armenia’s Tashir-Yerevan Highway, died on Thursday (photos).

Earlier, Hakob Hovsepyan, 72, and Arman Poghosyan, 8, died in hospital.

To note, a major accident occurred Tuesday in Lori Region. An Opel Astra and an Opel Vectra crashed on Tashir-Yerevan Highway at around 6:15pm. As a result, Opel Astra’s passenger Slavik Sukiasyan, 54, died on the spot, whereas its driver and the eight passengers of Opel Vectra were hospitalized. Opel Astra’s driver, Norik Davoyan, 54, died in hospital on Wednesday.

According to the statement which the Ministry of Emergency Situations issued, most of the injured are transferred to capital city Yerevan.

Nargiz Hovsepyan, who is pregnant and—according to the doctors—is in critical condition—, was brought to Yerevan’s Surb Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center on Wednesday morning.  

Photos by Edvard Arzumanyan