A resident of the Dubrovno district drowned after getting entangled in fishing nets

August 16, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Twelve people drowned in the waters of the Vitebsk region over the past week, the Vitebsk regional organization of the OSOVOD informed a BELTA correspondent. For example, a resident of the Dubrovno district went fishing on the Dnieper River near the village of Boborovo. The 48-year-old man, who was intoxicated, decided to fish using nets, but at some point got entangled in the gear and drowned. In Vitebsk, on the Western Dvina, a 51-year-old man died. He was undergoing treatment at one of the medical facilities in the regional center. The Vitebsk resident left the medical institution on his own and immediately went swimming, but misjudged his strength. The main cause of death in the water remains swimming while intoxicated. In total, seven swimmers drowned last week, six of whom were intoxicated. A difficult situation with deaths in the water persists in the region. In fifteen days of August, 27 residents of the region drowned, while for the entire month of August 2009, the number of people who drowned was 21. In total, since the beginning of 2010, 173 people have drowned in the region, including 14 minors. -0-