A man was killed, a boy and a girl were injured when two motorboats collided on the Volga in the Samara region. He states this in his report. telegraph channel Interregional Investigation Department of the Transport Center of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
“According to preliminary data, on the afternoon of August 19, 2023, two motorboats collided on the Volga River near the Mayak campsite. As a result of the incident, a boy died, a boy born in 2011 and a girl born in 1999 were hospitalized with injuries.
Thereupon, a preliminary investigation check was held within the scope of article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of the rules of traffic safety and the operation of inland water transport”.
On June 30, in Primorsky Krai, fishermen violently suffered due to a jet ski colliding with their boat. The water-related incident occurred in the area of the canal near Russky Island.
Prior to this, the Eastern Interregional Transport Research Department reported that two tankers collided on the Lena River in the Irkutsk Region. It was recorded that the incident occurred near the village of Alekseevsk. The first tanker was under repair and the second was carrying more than 830 tons of oil. The fuel tank was damaged and oil spilled into the river.
In the spring, it was reported that a ship flying the flag of Sierra Leone collided with a tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, off the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. dead.
Earlier, the sailor fell from the boat and swam 17 km in shark-infested waters.