St. Petersburg police began an investigation after the death of a woman who was not reached by ambulance

The police of the Central District of St. Petersburg began a check after the death of a woman, to whom an ambulance did not have time to arrive. According to the doctors, they could not pass quickly because of the protesters who were walking from the Field of Mars along Liteiny Prospekt. It is reported by Interfax.

The police of the Central District are checking on the fact that the ambulance did not have time to arrive at the call to the patient, and the woman died before the arrival of the ambulance. The doctors were unable to arrive on time for the call due to the fact that the ambulance was blocked by a group of citizens who were walking from the Field of Mars along Liteiny Prospekt,

- Interfax quotes the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg.

UPD. 01:35 The Investigative Committee opened a case under Part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code (causing death by negligence), reports . Mediazona

The press service of the city health committee said that the call came in at 18:48. “At the corner of Nevsky and Liteiny prospects, the passage of the ambulance was blocked. Traffic police were connected for the passage, but in parallel they launched a second ambulance brigade from the side of Vladimirsky Prospekt, ”the committee told Interfax.

On October 7, actions of supporters of the politician Alexei Navalny took place in many regions of Russia. The oppositionist himself was arrested for 20 days for calling for a rally in Nizhny Novgorod.