Defense Ministry of NKR, with a deep pain, reported that on November 1, at 20.00 o’clock the “Ural-375/236” car, belonging to the Qarvachar military base, fell into the gorge because of the lights of the car coming from front.
As reported, 19 Armenian contractor-soldiers were in the car and because of the accident four of them died and the rest 15 are now in hospital.
The source informs that the following servicemen died:
Driver-contractor Artur Hovhannes Eremyan (born in 1960/serving from 1998)
Contractor Manvel Santri Apidzanyan (born in 1963/serving from 2009)
Contractor Sanasar Vachik Piloyan (born in 1969/serving from 2006)
Contractor Gagik Kamo Vardanyan (born in 1982/serving from 2009)
NKR Defense ministry shares the heavy loss and grief of the victims and expresses readiness to support their family members, relatives and to wounded soldiers wishes a fast recovery .