In the Nizhneudinsky district, police and rescuers searched for several hours for nine schoolchildren who went with a teacher on an excursion to the Ukovskie waterfalls and got lost in the taiga. Police, the Emergencies Ministry, hunters and local authorities took part in the search. In the end, the children were led out of the forest and handed to their parents. An investigation is underway, and law enforcement plans to seek measures to prevent this from happening again.
Employees of the police of the Nizhneudinsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and rescuers spent several hours searching for a group of nine schoolchildren who had gone on a hike during the day accompanied by a teacher.It was established that the female teacher from School No. 2 organized an outing for her students into nature with a visit to the Ukovskie Waterfalls. Along the route through the taiga terrain, they lost their way and became lost. Frightened, one of the girls ran off in an unknown direction, but later managed to find a dirt road and reach people.
Police, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, hunters, and the local administration were mobilized to search for the minors. As a result of the rescue operation, the group’s presumed location was determined, after which the students received the necessary directions to get out of the forest.
Juvenile affairs inspectors met with the teenagers, after which they were handed over to their legal guardians.
An inquiry is being conducted into the incident.
Law enforcement agencies intend to prepare and send a submission to the higher education authorities demanding that measures be taken to prevent similar situations in the future.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region