A man in the Leningrad region drowned while trying to catch up with a sailing boat

On the river Svir near the island of Konev in the Leningrad region on November 14, a man died. According to the regional rescue service, a boat sailed from the shore. The man tried to catch her by swimming, but drowned.

Eyewitnesses pulled the body ashore without signs of life. Rescuers of the search and rescue squad of the city of Lodeynoe Pole transported the deceased from the island to the shore and handed over to police officers.

The circumstances of the incident are established.