Over the past weekend, a series of tragedies occurred on the water in Irkutsk Region, accidents were recorded on the Biryusa, Kitoy, Bratsk and Ust Ilim reservoirs. Among the dead is a 7 year old boy, as well as adult men, in two cases having drunk alcohol before swimming. Police remind that water remains a high risk area, and urge parents to watch children closely.

Over the past weekend, the regional police registered several water-related accidents. The incidents occurred in the Biryusa and Kitoy rivers, as well as the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk reservoirs, and in the latter case the victim was a minor.
On July 28, a minor drowned in a bay of the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir near the settlement of Yangel (120 km from the city of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky). At the scene, the investigative task force established that around 6 p.m., a 7-year-old resident of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky drowned. It was found that the boy was resting with his parents, who, unfortunately, were unable to keep an eye on their son.
Also on Sunday, the police department No. 2 of the intermunicipal office of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs “Usolsky” was informed that the body of a man had been found in a channel of the Kitoy River near the settlement of Naberezhny. The investigative task force identified the drowned man. He turned out to be a 38-year-old resident of the settlement of Zheleznodorozhnik.
A day earlier, near Tenga Island on the Bratsk Reservoir, a 45-year-old unemployed man from Bratsk drowned. At present, rescuers and police are searching for the body of the drowned man.
That same day, around 2 a.m., the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Taishetsky District received a report of another accident. The police established that the tragedy had occurred three hours earlier. While swimming in the Biryusa River near the settlement of Gavan, a 20-year-old local resident drowned.
In the last two cases, the men had consumed alcoholic beverages before swimming, which ultimately led to tragic consequences.
On July 27, in the Angara near the settlement of Berezovy, divers from the emergency rescue service found the body of 11-year-old Tolya Bykov, who had been missing since July 24.
The police warn that water is a zone of increased danger. Dear parents, keep track of your children’s leisure activities; left without adult supervision, they may head toward the water, and such games are dangerous.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region