Epress.am News from Armenia
The following is a list of missing persons believed to be trapped in the landslide on the Vanadzor-Bagratashen road in Armenia’s Tavush marz (province) which occurred at around 7 pm on Sunday evening:
1. Armen Sorsumatyan, 38, Yerevan resident
2. Mekhak Sorsumatyan, 47, Yerevan resident
3. Norik Mirzoyan, 72, resident of Lchkadzor village
4. Artur Gurgen Hakobyan, 19, citizen of Georgia
5. Gurgen Movses Hakobyan, 62, citizen of Georgia
6. Gena Surmanidze, 50, citizen of Georgia
7. Nukri Surmanidze, 30, citizen of Georgia
8. Vardan Karapetyan, 66, resident of the city of Gyumri
9. Artak, 41, resident of the city of Gyumri (surname currently being verified)
10. Tigran Mejinyan, 25, citizen of Armenia
Previously believed to be missing Mamikon Gasparyan, 49, and Alexander Baghdasarov, 27, established contact with their relatives and informed them they are in Georgia and were not on site when the landslide struck.
Search and rescue work continues, reports Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations.
As previously reported, a landslide struck the 83rd kilometer mark on the Yerevan-Vanadzor M6 highway, leaving several vehicles trapped underneath, the head of the Tavush marz (province) rescue department said Sunday. A 6m-long section of the road has become unsurpassable, while downed electric poles resulted in blackouts in the city of Ayrum and the village of Lchkadzor.
Rescue services are asking members of the public to refrain from using the Vanadzor-Bagratashen road. Offered instead is an alternative route, Vanadzor-Dilijan-Idjevan-Bagratashen.
The RA Ministry of Emergency Situations Crisis Management Center asks all those with information or questions to call any of the following hotline numbers: 010-52-96-90, 010-36-02-97, 060-44-02-38.
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