Hit-and-run in Yerevan kills pedestrian

One person has died after a road accident in Yerevan yesterday evening.

At about 20:00 local time, an unidentified car hit two pedestrians on a street in the capital city of Armenia.

Afterwards, this vehicle collided with another car and fled the scene, shamshyan.com reported.

The hit-and-run victims had sustained injuries and were taken to a hospital where one of them died shortly thereafter.

A criminal case has been launched into this incident.