MOSCOW, July 7 A boat with people capsized in the Amur River in Khabarovsk, there were five people on board, two of them They made it ashore on their own, and rescuers are looking for three more, reports the Russian Emergency Situations Directorate for the Khabarovsk Territory.
“»About 2.00 (19.00 Moscow time Saturday — ed.) On July 7, the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Khabarovsk Territory received a message that not far from the bridge over the Amur River in Khabarovsk the boat «Amur» sank. There were five people in it, two passengers — a man and a woman — managed to swim ashore on their own; the fate of the boatmaster and two more women remains unknown,» the department's website says.
Three groups of rescuers on boats are looking for people; they are examining the river area and the coastline from the bridge and downstream on both sides. As reported, police officers are also at the scene of the emergency, carrying out operational and investigative measures.
«According to preliminary data, the people in the boat were without life jackets. As rescuers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations note, due to the rise in water levels during the passage of the flood, there are now a lot of logs and snags floating on the river, in some places the current and whirlpools have increased «, adds the commander in chief.
In total, more than 10 people and four pieces of equipment were involved in the search work.