The Head Office of the Investigative Committee has finished collecting evidence in the investigation in the death of 14 children in summer camp of OOO Park-Hotel Syamozero in Karelia. The owner and director of the company and the camp Yelena Reshetova, coordinator (head) of the camp Vadim Vinogradov, instructor of the camp Valery Krupodershchikov are charged with unsafe services entailing death of two or more people by negligence and endangerment under part 3 of Article 238 and Article 125 of the RF Penal Code.
According to investigators, Yelena Reshetova together with Vadim Vinogradov aware about a storm warning issued for most districts of Karelia did not cancel a boating trip on 17 June 2016 and arranged for 47 minors to boat on the lake. Three boats used for the trip had technical flaws. Also, there were too many passengers and the children were not supplied with life jackets.
On 18 June 2016, two canoes with 24 children in them accompanied by Valery Krupodershchikov tipped over in water drowning 14 of the children. Reshetova, Vinogradov and Krupodershchikov deliberately did not notify emergency services about the incident not wanting to get negative response from the public which might undermine the camp’s reputation and inflict financial losses. This way, they left the children in water during a storm.
The investigation is about to be finished. The investigative operations are soon to be finished and after that the injured parties and the accused will be notified about it in due order. The investigation against officials responsible for the organization of the holidays is ongoing.
Acting Head of Media Relations S.L. Petrenko
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