YEREVAN. – A car accident occurred at 8th kilometer of Armenia’s Myasnikyan-Dalarik highway, and as a result an automobile was destroyed by fire.   

The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a call to that effect on Friday at 8:45 p.m. A firefighting squad was dispatched to the scene, where two cars had collided. But prior to the firefighters’ arrival on the scene, one of the vehicles’ driver, Hayser Kirakosyan, 37, and passengers Elmira Aghabekyan, 58, and Izabella Avetisyan were taken to hospital with an ambulance.     

According to physicians, the victims’ health status is satisfactory.

The fire was extinguished at 9:15 p.m. The automobile belonging to Vanik Harutyunyan was burnt completely, MES informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.