Fatal photo

The accident occurred on April 6 at the mouth of the Ushaika River. A 14-year-old boy drowned while trying to take a photo with a river in the background. For an hour, emergency workers tried to save the child. As Rush Hour reports, the boy was found already in Tom on the edge of the ice.

Neither the police nor the Ministry of Emergency Situations have released the name of the deceased teenager. It is only known that he studied at school No. 8.

“The boy lost his balance and fell to the left of the pipe; he was pulled under the pipe by the current. At that moment he suffered from asphyxia and drowned. At this time the current is stronger than usual. And the depth here is shallow, so it’s very dangerous,” said Andrey Sopyryaev, deputy head of the GIMS department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tomsk Region.

Rescuers recommend that parents talk to their children and strengthen control over them.

Let us add that the Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation into the death of the teenager and is asking eyewitnesses to respond. Eyewitnesses of the incident are asked to contact the investigation department in Tomsk at the address: Frunze Ave., 128, or by phone: 44-09-00.