Important Petition - Please Sign
July the 24th 2006 at about 1:30am.
A 17-year old girl by the name of Araz was with some friends that night at a dance club in Yerevan.
On their way home, they had to stop off at a friend's home to pick up some of their belongings. They were in a taxi, which they got out of on Baghramyan Street, and when Araz and her sister were crossing the street, Araz was hit by a reckless driver. This was a split-second after she let go of her sister's hand.
They tried calling an ambulance, but there was no phone connection. They tried stopping passing cars, but nobody stopped. Her brother (who was with them) carried Araz and ran to a car that drove them to the hospital, but it was too late. Araz wasn’t breathing anymore.
A 3-month long trial was held to punish the driver, and in the end the man received 2 years of probation, not allowed to leave the country and drive for 2 years. Not even 6 months after the incident, the man's sentence was annulled since it was his first such crime.
Araz was just about to turn 18, and had just graduated from high school, and looking forward to university.
There is NOTHING being done in Armenia to prevent dangerous driving. The majority of police seem to care less about preventing such accidents. Anyone who has been to Armenia knows how bad the situation is.
PLEASE sign the following petition so that this VERY IMPORTANT issue can be brought to the attention of the Armenian government.
www.petitionspot.com/petitions/araz
A 17-year old girl by the name of Araz was with some friends that night at a dance club in Yerevan.
On their way home, they had to stop off at a friend's home to pick up some of their belongings. They were in a taxi, which they got out of on Baghramyan Street, and when Araz and her sister were crossing the street, Araz was hit by a reckless driver. This was a split-second after she let go of her sister's hand.
They tried calling an ambulance, but there was no phone connection. They tried stopping passing cars, but nobody stopped. Her brother (who was with them) carried Araz and ran to a car that drove them to the hospital, but it was too late. Araz wasn’t breathing anymore.
A 3-month long trial was held to punish the driver, and in the end the man received 2 years of probation, not allowed to leave the country and drive for 2 years. Not even 6 months after the incident, the man's sentence was annulled since it was his first such crime.
Araz was just about to turn 18, and had just graduated from high school, and looking forward to university.
There is NOTHING being done in Armenia to prevent dangerous driving. The majority of police seem to care less about preventing such accidents. Anyone who has been to Armenia knows how bad the situation is.
PLEASE sign the following petition so that this VERY IMPORTANT issue can be brought to the attention of the Armenian government.
www.petitionspot.com/petitions/araz
posted by Der Hova at 2:02 AM
3 Comments:
Not sure whether to comment on this or not, but I will.
Strange, as I got your email D.Hova I was listening to "Miasnutian Shurjpar" that song created for the dance around Aragats.. the song speaks of "My trouble is your trouble, my hope is our hope"....
"The hand is mine, the hand is yours, but the dance is ours"
What is becoming of us when we cannot stop cars for a dying 17 year old girl. No dance around any mountain will stop the decline that I feel is taking place in Armenian society, we need to start caring for one another again.
This is terrible news, my heart goes out to the family. I heard a similar incident happened near Ashtarak where a teenage boy was run over by a car. Going to Armenia I make light of the situation of cars driving very aggresively, but times like this it really makes you realize how dangerous it is.
I still don't understand why everyone is in SUUUCH a hurry while on the road.
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