- Date
- 05/05/2011
- First
- Pavel
- Surname
- BALAKIREV
- Sex/Age
- M, 26
- Incident
- accident
- Motive
- J
- Place
- River Neva
- Job
- cameraman
- Medium
- TV
- Federal District Plus
- St Petersburg
- Street, Town, Region
- St Petersburg
- Freelance
- Local/National
- Local, Vesti TV
- Other Ties
- Cause of Death
- drowning
- Legal Qualification
- Impunity
DROWNING (5 May 2011)
Cameraman Pavel Balakirev of the “Petersburg News” programme died while filming an ecological raid on the Neva river. He and his camera fell into the river near the Blagoveshchenk Bridge and divers from the city branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations could not find him. “The incident, we presume, resulted from a failure by crew and passengers to observe safety rules when using water transport,” commented an Investigative Committee spokesperson.