In Dagestan, an entrepreneur will be tried after the death of a boat passenger

In the Kazbekovsky district court sent a criminal case against a 47-year-old entrepreneur accused of illegal organization of transportation of passengers on a boat, which killed a person. This was reported in the Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the investigation, in August, the entrepreneur handed over his boat to a person who did not have a certificate for the right to operate a small vessel and the necessary practical skills. Thus, he expected to increase the profit from the transportation of passengers.

On the Sulak river, the boatmaster exceeded the safe speed, made sharp maneuvers and as a result allowed the boat to collision with the rocky bank. There were 10 passengers on board, one of them died.

The transport prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the case. The entrepreneur is charged with rendering services that do not meet safety requirements and caused the death of a person by negligence (p. “in” part 2 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).