YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Rescue Service received a distress call, on Wednesday, informing that three KAMAZ-model trucks had gotten stuck in snow at Selim Mountain Pass, 14 kilometers from Martuni city.   

But the powerful snowstorm had rendered road clearance impossible. So, the drivers were suggested to leave their vehicles and move to a safe area, with the help of the rescuers, but the drivers declined and asked that they be provided with food, the Rescue Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.       

An operative rescue squad was subsequently dispatched to the scene, but, because of the impassable road, it walked the last five kilometers. 

Upon arrival, the rescuers provided food and medicine to the drivers and again offered to transfer them to a safe area, but the drivers declined yet again. 

A road construction crew was ultimately able to clear the given section of the Pass, and the trucks returned to Yeghegnadzor city.