YEREVAN. – The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations of Armenia received information on Monday at 2:41am. 

Accordingly, a vehicle had fallen into a gorge, nearby Karahunj village and rural community, on the Goris-Kapan motorway in the Syunik Province, and rescuers were needed.

A fire and rescue squad was dispatched to the scene.

It was found out that an empty truck, which was driven by Iranian citizen Habib Mohammadi, 38, had gone off road on the aforesaid motorway and fallen about 40 meters into a gorge.

As a result, the driver had died at the scene.

The fire and rescue workers brought the Iranian driver’s dead body out of the gorge and handed it to the waiting ambulance staff.