This was reported on the website of the IC of Russia.

It is noted that the case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art.

263 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of traffic safety rules and the operation of inland waterway transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence).

According to the version of the investigation, on September 9 in the evening on the Chernaya River near the city of Surgut a collision of a small vessel - a boat - with a standing barge occurred.

It is noted that, according to preliminary data, there were eight people in the boat, including one child, as a result of the collision four people were killed.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.

Earlier it was reported that in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, four people were killed in a collision between a boat and a barge on the river.