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Probe launched in collapse of roof between two workshops of plant in Yekaterinburg

Roof collapsed between two workshops of PAO M.I. Kalinin Engineering Plant, a public company, on the afternoon of 9 November 2016. According to the latest data, 3 people were killed. The Sverdlovsk Region Office of the Investigative Committee has opened an investigation in a crime under part 3 of Article 216 of the RF Penal Code (breach of work safety entailing death of two or more people by negligence).

According to investigators, 3 people were killed in the incident (two men aged 54 and 30, and another one yet unidentified). In addition 14 more people were injured. They are now getting necessary medical aid. Another one is still unaccounted for.

According to the information available, the roof collapsed between the 42nd and 10th workshops of the plant. Investigators and criminalists of the regional investigative authority keep working at the scene with senior officials coordinating their work on site.

Forensic medical inquiries will find out cause of death of the killed people, gravity of injuries sustained by those injured, while technical inquiries will reveal exact reasons for the collapse.