In Cherkassy two young men fell into the river. One of them died. The accident happened in the Dnipro river 150 meters from the bank near the entertaining complex ‘Bochka’.
Not far from the place of the accident there were fishermen. They immediately called on the rescuers and at the same time aided the victims. They succeeded in saving а 17-years old guy with the help of a stick. His 16-years old friend disappeared under the water. His body was found in 40 minutes.
The press service of state emergency service states that more than 70 people have died in the water since the beginning of the 2018.
The reason usually is the constant temperature change that causes unstable ice cover which is particularly dangerous.