YEREVAN. – Famous actor and comedian Vardan Petrosyan—who is under arrest in connection with a road accident on October 20, and who was transferred to a prison hospital—is taken to a cardiovascular medical center on Monday.   

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

Baghdasaryan also noted that the actor’s health has grown worse and he has heart issues just like before, but the problems have aggravated.

The actor’s relatives had petitioned to Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan, with a request to have him transferred to another hospital. 

At present, Petrosyan is undergoing a medical at the aforementioned cardiovascular medical center and, as per his attorney, he probably will stay there.    

Nikolay Baghdasaryan added that he has not yet received any decision on his petition to commute Petrosyan’s restraining order. 

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.

A criminal case is instituted on the incident, and Vardan Petrosyan was formally arrested.