Presidents of Hockey Federation of Armenia and Georgia killed in road accident in TurkeySeptember 16, 2009 - 01:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 15, the north-east of Turkey, 10 kilometers from the city of Erzincan a terrible accident took place: passenger bus, traveling from Istanbul turned into the oncoming traffic lane, resulting in a collision with a Toyota jeep. All six passengers of jeep died on the spot. As it turned out, there were the president of the Armenian Ice Hockey Federation Karen Khachatryan (41), his wife Gayane Harutyunyan (40 years) and their son Levon Khachatryan (18 years), as well as citizens of Georgia, Lasha Tsagareshvili (41) and Theo Berdzenishvili (42 years) in the jeep. The president of the Georgian Ice Hockey Federation Denis Davydov (40 years) was driving the jeep. The bus had 46 passengers, 14 of them were injured. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |