A criminal case has been initiated into the deaths of three people in a farm collapse in the Verkhnedvinsk district

January 18, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The prosecutor's office of the Verkhnedvinsk district has initiated a criminal case on the fact of the roof collapse at a former farm in the Verkhnedvinsk district, which resulted in the deaths of three people, the district prosecutor Sergey Sturin told a BELTA correspondent. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of Belarus "Violation of safety rules for construction work, resulting in death by negligence," which provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 2 to 7 years. As reported, the tragedy occurred on January 17 in the village of Dubrovy at the former livestock farm of the agricultural enterprise "Kohanovichi." As a result of the roof collapse during the dismantling of the structure, three workers of the construction crew of the agricultural enterprise died, and three more specialists received injuries of varying severity and were hospitalized in the central district hospital. Their condition is assessed as stable. All circumstances of the tragedy, as well as the responsible officials, will be established. The criminal case has been accepted for proceedings by the investigative department of the Vitebsk regional prosecutor's office. -0-