In the Sverdlovsk region, pre-investigation checks were organized on the facts of the death of two divers in the Lazurny and Shilovsky open-cast mines. Reports about drowned men were received by law enforcement agencies the day before.

"According to preliminary data, a 51-year-old man's state of health worsened with a sharp rise from the depth, and the body of a 21-year-old young man was discovered by other citizens in the water at the bottom of the quarry. In spite of subsequent urgent resuscitation measures, the lives of both citizens, unfortunately, could not be saved.

According to the data of the inspections, the dead had their own equipment for diving to depth, "said Alexander Shulga, senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Department of the Russian SSR in the Sverdlovsk Region..

At present, as part of the inspections conducted by the investigators of the TFR, all the circumstances of the tragedy. Inspections of the scene were conducted, eyewitnesses were interviewed, the bodies of the deceased citizens were sent for conducting a forensic medical study in order to establish the exact cause of death.