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Armenian mayor sustains brain injury in landmine explosion (PHOTO)
13:16, 22.07.2014
Armenia's Armavir city Mayor Ruben Khlghhatyan, who on Tuesday was
injured as a result of a vehicle explosion in a mined area in the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has been transported on a helicopter,
and along with two other injured, to Erebuni Medical Center in
Armenia's capital city Yerevan. (photos)
They have been brought to the intensive care unit of the hospital.
The doctor on duty told the mayor's relatives, who have gathered in
the hospital, that Khlghhatyan is in stable condition.
Erebuni Medical Center Public Relations Department Head Shushan
Hunanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that all three are in serious but
stable condition, they were provided with first aid, the medical
examinations are conducted, and they all have suffered multiple
traumas.
"The mayor has a brain injury, hemorrhage, and an injury to his fifth
finger. The others have concussion and shin fracture," Hunanyan added.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia has informed that the
aforesaid incident had occurred at around 6:30am, in Vaghazin village
of the Kashatagh Region of NKR, as a Toyota Prado exploded in a mined
area. As a result, the driver died on the spot, whereas passengers
Ruben Khlghhatyan, A. B., and G. A. were taken to a local medical
center. Subsequently, they were transported on a helicopter to Erebuni
Medical Center.
http://news.am/eng/news/220251.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdGI_40zNaE
From: A. Papazian
13:16, 22.07.2014
Armenia's Armavir city Mayor Ruben Khlghhatyan, who on Tuesday was
injured as a result of a vehicle explosion in a mined area in the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has been transported on a helicopter,
and along with two other injured, to Erebuni Medical Center in
Armenia's capital city Yerevan. (photos)
They have been brought to the intensive care unit of the hospital.
The doctor on duty told the mayor's relatives, who have gathered in
the hospital, that Khlghhatyan is in stable condition.
Erebuni Medical Center Public Relations Department Head Shushan
Hunanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that all three are in serious but
stable condition, they were provided with first aid, the medical
examinations are conducted, and they all have suffered multiple
traumas.
"The mayor has a brain injury, hemorrhage, and an injury to his fifth
finger. The others have concussion and shin fracture," Hunanyan added.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia has informed that the
aforesaid incident had occurred at around 6:30am, in Vaghazin village
of the Kashatagh Region of NKR, as a Toyota Prado exploded in a mined
area. As a result, the driver died on the spot, whereas passengers
Ruben Khlghhatyan, A. B., and G. A. were taken to a local medical
center. Subsequently, they were transported on a helicopter to Erebuni
Medical Center.
http://news.am/eng/news/220251.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdGI_40zNaE
From: A. Papazian