People who drowned on lake Maxim in the Chelyabinsk region, was celebrating high school graduation. The journalists reported on Monday, July 3, Deputy Governor of the region Oleg Klimov, reports TASS.
“Several families celebrated the event: the girl graduated from school. The pond is not fit for swimming, the water is cold and murky. The boat was overloaded. It is obvious that the adults took alcoholic drinks, this is also an aggravating factor,” he said.
The evening of July 2 from the lake recovered the bodies of two men, a 10-year-old girl and two boys. Later pulled the bodies of the boys of eight and 15 years.
According to investigators, the man with their children and the children of relatives (only nine people) sailed on the lake in an aluminum boat that overturned. Two men swam from shore to the rescue and drowned. Four children managed to escape.