Artsakh Ombudsman comments on incident with Azerbaijani military  convoy

ArmInfo.Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan reacted to the incident with Azerbaijani military convoy. 

Thus, as the press service of the Artsakh Ombudsman reports, the  statement of Stepanyan reads: "On May 5, at around 13:00 pm, on the  24th km of the Martakert-Drmbon Road, a truck traveling as part of  the Azerbaijani convoy, came out to the opposite side of the road and  collided with a Renault Logan taxi service car of Artsakh  registration, as a result of which the car rolled 12 meters into the  gorge on the right side of the road.

There were 2 passengers in the car beside the driver. As a result of  the preliminary examination, the passengers did not receive any  bodily injuries. Material damage was caused to the taxi service  company. 

Based on the facts collected by the Human Rights Defender's Staff, at  the moment we can state:  

 The Azerbaijani truck, seeing the possible collision could have  stopped driving to avoid the crash, after which the taxi rolled into  the gorge.

 After the collision, seeing that the taxi had rolled into the  gorge, the Azerbaijani truck did not stop and kept driving.

 According to the taxi driver and the passengers, the taxi driver  tried to avoid the collision but had no chance.

The law enforcement bodies of the Republic of Artsakh are conducting  an investigation, but the above-mentioned circumstances prove the  obvious intention to cause collision and damage."