MOSCOW, 21 Aug. The body of the fourth participant in the sewer tour was found in the Moscow River, the 360 TV channel reports, citing a source.
According to media reports, the corpse surfaced under the Soaring Bridge near Zaryadye Park. Presumably, this is one of the diggers who took part in the tour of the underground collector of the Neglinka River. The specialists who arrived at the scene are investigating the circumstances of the emergency. -1891297886.html» data-title=»Digger spoke about the search for participants in the excursion in the Moscow sewer»>
Earlier, a representative of the emergency services of Moscow said that eight people participated in the Sunday tour of the collectors. In total, more than 20 people signed up for the event. Most of them subsequently withdrew due to the forecast of heavy rain.
Specialists have already found the bodies of three dead. According to Izvestia, two teenage diggers were found in the Moscow River. In the evening they took out the body of a 15-year-old girl, closer to the morning — a 17-year-old boy. They were swept into the river from a sewer near the Zaryadye park.
At 5:35 Moscow time, rescuers also found the body of a man in a sewer near the Paveletsky railway station. His identity and age are not specified.
Due to the incident, a criminal case was opened on the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, which negligently resulted in the death of two or more persons.
Heavy downpours took place in the capital yesterday. In total, about a third of the monthly rainfall fell.