On September 23, at 23:44, the Crisis Management Center of the Tavush Regional Rescue Department received an alert that a traffic accident had occurred on Independence Street in the city of Ijevan, with casualties reported, requiring the assistance of rescuers.
A firefighting-rescue unit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rescue Service’s regional department was dispatched to the scene.
It was found that near one of the buildings on Independence Street, vehicles of the brands “Mercedes-Benz” and “Vaz” had veered off the roadway and crashed into trees.
Before the rescuers arrived, three casualties had been transported to a medical center by local efforts.
Rescuers extricated the driver of the “Vaz” vehicle and handed him over to the ambulance crew, after which he was hospitalized.
