YEREVAN. – Renowned actor and comedian Vardan Petrosyan, who was involved in a road accident on October 20, is considered an arrestee, but he is in hospital.  

Petrosyan’s attorney Nikolay Baghdasaryan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Baghdasaryan noted that he went to see Petrosyan, who is at the Stress Center, and informed him that he is his attorney.  

The actor is in relatively good condition, but it is yet unknown how long he will stay at the Stress Center.

The attorney stated that Petrosyan is already a suspect, he is considered an arrestee, and the police are on duty in front of his hospital room.    

But Baghdasaryan stressed that Petrosyan’s arrest warrant is unlawful, and the prosecutor must reply within three days to his petition to commute this warrant.    

To note, a major accident occurred on October 20 in Kotayk Region. A BMW and a VAZ 2121-model vehicle crashed at around 9:20pm on the Yeghvard-Yerevan motorway. As a result, seven people sustained injuries and were transferred to several hospitals. Among them was famous actor and comedian Vardan Petrosyan, whose liver and spleen had ruptured. His spleen was removed, his ruptured liver was stitched, and he recently was discharged from hospital. As a result of the accident, however, cousins Edgar and Eduard Hakobyan—who were passengers in the VAZ 2121—had died. Tatev Hakobyan remains the sole accident victim who is still hospitalized.     

A criminal case is instituted on the incident.

The Police news service had informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that there is a warrant on Vardan Petrosyan’s arrest.

Petrosyan’s health had grown worse Wednesday, as he had blood pressure fluctuations and respiratory complications. As a result, he was initially taken to Erebuni Medical Center and, subsequently, he was transferred to the Stress Center in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan. 

Once Vardan Petrosyan’s health condition is stabilizes, he will be arrested.