YEREVAN. – Criminal charges have been laid against renowned actor and comedian Vardan Petrosyan, who was involved in a road accident on October 20.  

The Police news service informed the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

And the investigating body has submitted a petition for Petrosyan’s arrest. 

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 was a warrant on Vardan Petrosyan’s arrest.

But 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 transferred to the Stress Center in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan. The actor is considered an arrestee, and police officers are on duty in front of his hospital room.