Overview
- Russia’s emergency service said five occupants got out on their own, while three people including a child remained in the submerged vehicle.
- The Toyota Estima went through the ice at an unauthorized exit point in Yakutsk’s Promyshlennyy microdistrict near a sewage outflow into a Lena River channel.
- Divers are working at the site with 20 emergency specialists and seven units of equipment deployed, and a psychologist is assisting the injured.
- The regional prosecutor’s office cited preliminary information indicating deaths and opened an inquiry into the incident.
- Republic prosecutor Sergey Dyabkin directed the Yakutsk city prosecutor’s office to conduct the check, and the deputy city prosecutor traveled to the scene.