The driver capsized on Lake Baikal SUV sentenced to a suspended term
The Olkhonsky district court of the Irkutsk region found a local resident guilty of “providing services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of a person by negligence.” We are talking about the driver of the UAZ SUV, which in January capsized on the ice of Lake Baikal, as a result of which a tourist died, the joint press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of the Angara region reports.
The Olkhonsky district court of the Irkutsk region found a local resident guilty of “providing services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of a person by negligence.” We are talking about the driver of the UAZ SUV, which in January capsized on the ice of Lake Baikal, as a result of which a tourist died, the joint press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of the Angara region reports. The man was sentenced to four years of probation with a probation period of four years. He pleaded guilty. The verdict was not appealed, it entered into legal force.
The court found that on January 28, a resident of the village of Khuzhir illegally provided tourist services and transported a group of ten people on the ice of Lake Baikal in his UAZ car. During the trip, he hit an ice crack with the subsequent rollover of the car. As a result, the 75-year-old woman received injuries incompatible with life, from which she died on the spot. Other passengers suffered injuries of varying severity.
According to the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office, the carrier “did not have a driver’s license” and ignored the signs prohibiting departure on the ice outside the official crossing. The man did not ensure "the presence of safety equipment in the car," the court added.
Vlad Nikiforov, Irkutsk
