2 off-duty servicemen killed in single-vehicle accident

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YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS. Two off-duty servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces were killed on Monday in a car crash while traveling on the Vardavank-Kapan road.

The victims were traveling in a Ford Transit. No one else was in the car besides the two off-duty servicemen, with one of them being the motorist, authorities said. Other vehicles were not involved in the crash.

The car is said to have crashed into a gorge in the switchback section of the road.

The motorist died instantly while the passenger succumbed to his injuries after being taken to the Kapan hospital.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS