A traffic accident took place today on Saratov-Yershov motoray in Russia. Consequently, several people were injured and killed. The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations (MTAES) of Armenia connected with Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) to find out whether there were Armenian citizens among the victims. The Russian MES informed that the traffic accident took place for yet unknown reasons on Saratov-Yershov motorway, nearby Stepnoe village. VAZ-21010 and VАZ-2101 collided, as a result of which Frida Stepanyan (b. 1965) died.

Karapet Ambardanyan (b. 1975), Hasmik Ambardanyan (b.1954) and Varditer Palyan (b. 1954) were injured in the accident and taken to Saratov Medical Center. Having received medical assistance, Hasmik Ambardanyan has already been dismissed from hospital. Karapet Ambardanyan’s condition is moderately severe.