A tragic road accident due to icy road took place Monday in Kotayk Province of Armenia, shamshyan.com reported.

At around 8:30am, a car went off road on the Yerevan-Sevan motorway, crashed into reinforced concrete barriers, rolled over about 100 meters, and ended up sideways in a gorge.

One person died on the spot, and another person was taken to the Charentsavan town hospital.

According to the source, the deceased was Father Kyuregh Talyan, the parish priest of Jrvezh village.