June 20, Grodno. The Lida regional department of the Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation into the drowning of a 42-year-old man in the Lida region. This was told to a BelTA correspondent by Daria Chaplya, official representative of the USC in the Grodno region.
"A 42-year-old resident of Lida, along with his family and friends, were at a dacha in the Lida district and drank ALCOHOL . Subsequently, the drunken company, together with the children, decided to go for a swim in the river near the Porechany farm. While swimming, the 42-year-old man took on his shoulders his 14-year-old stepson and went with him along the riverbed. Having stumbled into a hole, the man began to drown with the child. His friend rushed into the water and managed to push the boy to the shore, and subsequent attempts to find a resident of the regional center in the water were unsuccessful. rescuers removed the body of a man from the water," said Daria Chaplya.it has been established that the section of the river where a resident of Lida drowned is not intended for swimming. The investigator, with the involvement of specialists from the UGKSE in the Grodno region, conducted an inspection of the scene, interviewed relatives and eyewitnesses, assigned the necessary expert studies. All the circumstances of the incident are established.
By the way, since June 1, investigators from the Grodno region have already 6 times traveled to places where people drowned. The main reasons for their death are swimming in unequipped places, non-compliance with elementary rules of behavior on the water, swimming while intoxicated .