The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia received a call on Wednesday at 4:58 pm on an accident involving Armenians in Voronezh district of Russia. The accident happened on Wednesday morning.

At 5:00 pm the Ministry contacted the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, which informed that at about 6:21 am a Nissan Titan (with license plate number AA 34KZ986, driver M.P., born in 1985) skidded off the road on M-4 Don highway and overturned. Consequently, M. P. and passenger G. A. (born in 1981) died, while passengers A. E. (born in 1981) and R. A. (born in 1979) were taken to Bobrovsky regional hospital of Voronezh district.

All these people are Armenians by descent. Their citizenship is being ascertained.