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Two Dead After Car Falls Through Ice in Yakutsk as Vehicle Is Recovered and Five Hospitalized

Prosecutors opened an inquiry after regional and federal teams raised the vehicle from the Lena River.

Overview

  • Rescuers pulled the sunken car ashore in Yakutsk, where a child's body was found inside, officials said.
  • Authorities had earlier recovered the body of a 60-year-old man who managed to swim out but could not be saved.
  • Five people were hospitalized with frostbite, and four of them are in intensive care, according to the republic's health ministry.
  • The recovery operation was carried out jointly by the Yakutia Regional Rescue Service and Russia's Emergencies Ministry (MChS).
  • The regional prosecutor's office launched a probe into the circumstances of the incident following the recovery.