Rescuers from the Emergencies Ministry have finished the search on Lake Baikal, where a UAZ with fishermen fell through the ice. The body of the last of three dead was found. All bodies were sent for examination, and 20 people and seven vehicles were involved. The incident happened on January 15 near Cape Sasa, when the vehicle fell into a crack about 50 meters deep.
The body of the last of the three fishermen who fell through the ice of Lake Baikal has been found by rescuers from the Baikal Search and Rescue Unit of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The search operations have been completed, and the bodies of the fishermen will be sent for examination.“Today, at 13:30, divers from the Baikal Search and Rescue Unit of the Russian Emergencies Ministry brought the body of the third fisherman to the surface; the search operations have been completed, and the bodies have been sent for examination,” the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Irkutsk Region reported.
The day before, on January 16, rescuers from the Baikal Search and Rescue Unit of the Russian Emergencies Ministry recovered the bodies of two fishermen.
As a reminder, on Friday, January 15, at about 13:00, four men in a UAZ vehicle set out fishing to the area known as “Three Brothers,” located in the northern part of Olkhon Island.
In the area of Cape Sasa, the vehicle fell into a 50-meter-deep crack. The driver and two passengers drowned. One person, a 35-year-old resident of the village of Khuzhir, made it to shore.
As a result of the incident, a 24-year-old local resident, as well as 41- and 42-year-old residents of the Irkutsk District and the city of Usolye-Sibirskoye who had come to visit him, were unable to get out from under the ice.
In total, 20 people and seven units of equipment were involved in the search, including 10 personnel and three units of equipment from the Russian Emergencies Ministry.