YEREVAN. – The Court of Appeal upheld on Tuesday verdict in the case of actor Vardan Petrosyan.

A major accident occurred on October 20 in Kotayk Region. A BMW and a VAZ 2121-model vehicle crashed at around 9:20pm on the Yeghvard-Yerevan motorway. As a result, seven people sustained injuries and were transferred to several hospitals. Among them was famous actor and comedian Vardan Petrosyan. Brothers Edgar and Eduard Hakobyans died.

Famous Armenian actor Vardan Petrosyan was sentenced to five years in jail in January.