ITAR-TASS News Agency
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October 16, 2005 Sunday 10:29 AM Eastern Time

Armenian president’s protocol dept head dies in traffic accident

By Tigran Liloyan

YEREVAN

Head of the Armenian president’s protocol department Mamikon Tonoyan,
32, died in a traffic accident on the northeastern outskirts of
Yerevan on Saturday, a source in the presidential administration told
Itar-Tass on Sunday.

His speeding car hit a barrier and slid onto a wrong lane. Tonoyan’s
wife was taken to a hospital with fractured bones.