YEREVAN. – The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Armenia received a call, on Sunday at 6:57pm, that a road accident had occurred nearby the Sevan Peninsula.   

Accordingly, a Mercedes had gone off road, fallen into Lake Sevan, there were affected, and rescuers were needed.   

A fire and rescue squad was dispatched to the scene, the MES Rescue Service informed. 

It was found out that the Mercedes had gone off road on Yerevan-Ijevan Highway for yet unknown reasons, rolled down 40 meters, crashed into a tree, and fallen into Lake Sevan. 

Prior to the fire and rescue workers’ arrival on the scene, however, driver A. M., 31, was transferred to the Sevan city hospital. 

The firefighters and the rescue workers brought the vehicle out of the lake, and took passenger G. A., 34, likewise to the Sevan city hospital.  

Doctors say the patients are in satisfactory health condition.