YEREVAN. – The injuries of weightlifter Norayr Vardanyan—the son of Armenia’s Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Yuri Vardanyan—and of the others affected by the car accident are not life-threatening.  

The Sport and Youth Affairs Minister’s press secretary Suzy Badoyan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

She noted that they are now checking up on which hospital the injured were taken, but informed that those affected by the accident had sustained solely minor injuries.     

According to our information, Yuri Vardanyan likewise was at the scene of the accident in the morning. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a Lexus and a GAZel-model minibus crashed Saturday, at around 8am, in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan. According to preliminary information, five people are affected from the collision. The driver of the Lexus was weightlifter Norayr Vardanyan, 26. In line with the information which Armenian News-NEWS.am has received, he is the son of Armenia’s Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Yuri Vardanyan.