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Perm Polytechnic Lab Accident Kills Two, Including 8-Year-Old, Injures Four

Investigators opened a negligent‑homicide case over a suspected hydrodynamic stand failure.

Overview

  • The incident occurred in a university teaching building during laboratory tests, the regional security ministry said.
  • Preliminary findings point to depressurization of a hydrodynamic test stand, with a test machine leaving the rig due to a process breach.
  • The Investigative Committee confirmed two deaths and four injured and is securing evidence and commissioning fire-technical and forensic examinations.
  • Prosecutors initiated a review, with acting district prosecutor Dmitry Sverguzov coordinating emergency and operational services on site.
  • The university said the deceased were a company head who supplied the test sample and his minor daughter.