December 12 • 23:28, 2024
RTA on Yerevan-Meghri roadway: there were casualties
On December 13, at 00:47 an emergency call was received to Crisis Management National Center that car had run off the roadway and fallen into a gorge at the bends of Tigranashen on Yerevan-Meghri roadway: there were casualties. The rescuers' help was needed.
One fire unit from the Fire and Rescue Squad of Regional Rescue Department of the Rescue Service of the MIA of RA dispatched to the scene.
It turned out that “Opel” car (driver V. O. born in 1963) car ran off the carriageway and rolled over about 50 meters into a gorge on the 84th km of Yerevan-Meghri roadway.
The rescuers pulled passenger A. H. (born in 1975) out of the gorge on a stretcher and moved to an ambulance. The latter and the driver V. O. were hospitalized in a medical center.
The rescuers closed the gas valve and disconnected automotive battery of the car. The special equipment was needed to pull the car out.