Zaruhi Hovhannisyan, who is one of the injured in Monday’s tragic road crash in Armenia’s Shirak Region, is still at the Gyumri city hospital.  

Gyumri Medical Center Director Armen Isahakyan told the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am

He noted that Hovhannisyan will undergo surgery next week. Karen Baghdasaryan, the other injured who was being treated at the Gyumri hospital, has been discharged.  

Another injured, fourteen-year-old Edmon Simonyan, is still at Surb Astvatsamayr [Holy Mother of God] Medical Center in capital city Yerevan, where he underwent surgery. Incidentally, Edmon is Zaruhi Hovhannisyan’s son.    

A tragic road accident occurred Monday evening on Gyumri-Yerevan highway, as a passenger van and a truck collided. As a result, the van exploded, seven passengers died on the spot, and another seven were hospitalized. The Police have launched an investigation, and the truck driver, Manvel Vardanyan, is arrested. Criminal charges have been brought against him, and two months’ detention has been set as his restraining order.