13 Armenian soldiers hospitalized after military truck crash – Defense Ministry
Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan on Saturday visited the Central Clinical Military Hospital in Yerevan where the servicemen injured in Friday’s road accident were hospitalized.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the ministers were briefed on the injured soldiers’ health condition and the progress of their treatment. Papikyan and Avanesyan wished them a speedy recovery.
Four Armenian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured on Friday when a military truck carrying them veered off the road and fell into a ravine in the Meghri district of Armenia’s Syunik Province.
The Defense Ministry said that 13 out of the 20 injured troops were taken to military hospitals in Sisian and Yerevan, while the remaining 7 servicemen, who sustained minor injuries, did not require medical treatment.
“All the military personnel are receiving appropriate medical care,” the statement added.
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