In Volgograd trucker froze to death Bashny.Net

The body of 55-year-old man found the military side, near which the tragedy occurred.
The driver of heavy machines with a shovel in his hand was found near the wheels of the car covered with snow in the Volgograd region. It was found that the native of the Tver region, Anatoly Korshunov worked in the company "Tranco" and was carrying cargo from Moscow to Volgograd.
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Obviously, death overtook the unfortunate at a time when he was trying to get his truck out of a snow captivity. I got there not because of an accident, as a result of ice - a truck skidded into a huge snowdrift.

According to preliminary information, the death of Anatoly Korshunov was the result of hypothermia, but the exact results will be known only after the examination.

The wife of the dead truck driver told me that the day before talking to him on the phone.

 - He said that is already in place - spend the night in the car in the morning to deliver the goods, - the wife murmured. - I asked not to worry, adding that the new truck and engine working properly - it will be warm inside.

We know that Anatoly two children - 26-year-old son and 29-year-old daughter.

Recall anomalous frosts do not leave Russia. The situation in the 19 regions of the country is under special control of the ministry. Among them, Magadan Oblast, Yakutia, the Krasnoyarsk Territory. There the temperature dropped below -50 degrees.

In the Sverdlovsk region at 30 degrees of frost around a thousand people were left without hot water. Difficult is the situation in the southern regions. In Karachayevo-Cherkessia was a heavy snowfall, which was accompanied by squally wind. Gusts reached 20 meters per second.

The state of emergency remains in effect in the Rostov region. During the day there had the monthly norm of snow. Many kilometers of traffic jams formed on the track "Don". From snow captivity military rescues drivers and buses.

On the road rescuers deployed for the drivers points heating. One got in snowdrift drivers complained that the day already can not get help from the authorities. According to him, there is a shortage of fuel, food and water.

As a result, abnormal snowfall, which lasted two days, the citizens and residents across the Rostov region were left without food. On the shelves disappear the most important food: milk, eggs, bread. As a result, snow drifts cars, supplying products that simply have not been able to leave the garage.

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