A criminal case has been opened on Lake Baikal after the death of a woman and a 9 year old child. A 39 year old foreign car driver who was driving on the ice outside an official crossing is suspected. Investigators say he could face up to 4 years in prison for negligent manslaughter. The report also recalls that in 2016 six people died in the Small Sea.
As reported by the press service of the regional Investigative Committee, a criminal case has been opened over the deaths of a woman and a 9-year-old child on Lake Baikal. Under suspicion is a 39-year-old driver of a foreign-made car, who is suspected of causing death by negligence. He could face up to 4 years in prison.As a reminder, on February 21, an Irkutsk resident was driving a Toyota Voxy with two passengers across the ice of Lake Baikal outside an official ice crossing.
As a result of the incident, a 36-year-old woman and her 9-year-old daughter died. The driver of the foreign-made car managed to survive.
In total, six people died in Maloye More in 2016, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Irkutsk Region clarifies.