According to preliminary data, at around 6:05pm on Tuesday, the commander of an accompanying traffic police platoon ran over—with the service vehicle he was driving—an Ararat Province resident at a downtown Yerevan intersection, according to the Investigative Committee of Armenia.

The woman was taken to hospital, but she died without regaining consciousness.

This 29-year-old pregnant woman who died in this accident by the motorcade of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was Sona Mnatsakanyan, and she was working at the Support Our Heroes (SOH)-Armenia organization.

The respective message issued by this organization reads as follows: “It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of our beloved Sona and her unborn child. Sona Mnatsakanyan was a founding member of Support Our Heroes and the leader of the Artsakh Tever IT Center project group within SOH. Sona will always remain in our hearts as an exemplary patriot and a dear friend with great human values. Our condolences to Sona's family, loved ones, friends…”

Mnatsakanyan was born and raised in Berkanush village of Artashat city. She had gotten married last year and was living in Yerevan.