Armenpress: 11 killed, 9 injured in minibus crash in Shirak Province, Armenia

08:27,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 14, ARMENPRESS. 11 people died Monday in a car crash involving a minibus and a truck on the Yerevan-Gyumri highway, authorities reported.

A Volkswagen passenger minibus and a ZIL truck collided around 00:30, August 14, near the village of Lanjik in Shirak Province, the Rescue Service said in a press release.

11 people died and 9 others were injured in the crash. 6 injured victims, aged 27, 34, 33, 38, 23 and 39 were taken to the Gyumri Medical Center. One of the victims was later taken to the Erebuni Medical Center in Yerevan.

The 33-year-old driver of the ZIL truck is among those injured.

UPDATES:

10:38 – Law enforcement agencies suspect reckless driving, criminal investigation underway

The Ministry of Healthcare reported that 5 of the 6 hospitalized victims are in intensive care. 1 of the victims is in critical condition.

Three other passengers were treated for minor injuries at the Astghik Medical Center and were discharged.

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