On October 28, Norayr Hovhannisyan, a serviceman under the contract of the Armed Forces of Armenia, died at the 13th km of the Sisian-Shenatag road, Syunik region, due to a car accident. Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Press Secretary of the Defense Ministry, confirmed the information in a conversation with .

Earlier, the website shamshyan.com reported that on October 28, around 19:10, at the 13th km of the Sisian-Shenatag road, cars VAZ-2106 and UAZ-3152 collided.

Due to the accident, 31-year-old Norayr Hovhannisyan was transferred to the Sisian Medical Center in an extremely bad condition, and, without regaining consciousness, died.

According to , the deceased was returning from the wedding ceremony.