IIHF mourns delegates
Armenian, Georgian officials killed in accident on way to congress

15-09-09 Back

The IIHF was deeply saddened by the information that delegates
from the Ice Hockey Associations of Armenia and Georgia died in a car
accident on their way to the Semi-Annual Congress in Tunis.

Karen Khachatryan (President), his wife Gayane Harutyunyan and
their son Levon Khachatryan from Armenia, and Denis Davidov
(Vice-President), Lasha Tsagareishvili (General Secretary) and his wife
Teo Berdzenishvili from Georgia drove in a jeep to Istanbul, Turkey, to
catch the flight to Tunis, Tunisia.

In the region of Erzincan in eastern Turkey, 300 km from the
border to Armenia and Georgia, the six persons were victims of a head-on
collision with a bus on Friday at 2:45am on the Erzurum-Erzincan
highway.

The International Ice Hockey Federation expresses its sincere
condolences to the families of the deceased and to the national member
associations of Armenia and Georgia.

IIHF President René Fasel:

"This horrific news was conveyed to us during our council meetings
in Tunis. We are all shocked and totally devastated by it. Our prayers
are with the families of the deceased delegates. The IIHF family is in
mourning."