YEREVAN. – A fatal accident occurred Sunday in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

The Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed from the scene that a suburban utility vehicle (SUV) had hit a man on a street at around 10:30pm, and the man had died on the spot.

The victim was around 50 years old, a local resident, and he was working as a welder.

The eyewitnesses noted that the impact was so powerful that the man was thrown away around twenty meters. 

Head of the Department of Trade at Yerevan Municipality, Arman Yedoyan, was behind the steering wheel of the said SUV.