MOSCOW: Seven bodies have been found in Lake Baikal in Russia’s Siberia after a tour bus carrying eight Chinese tourists plunged into the water when the ice broke as it crossed the frozen lake on Friday, the Russian emergency ministry said. One of the Chinese tourists who had been on the bus managed to escape, Irkutsk regional governor Igor Kobzev said on the Telegram app, and the region’s prosecutor’s office said a criminal case had been opened over the incident.

According to preliminary data from the Investigative Committee, there are deaths as a result of the incident

Rescuers conducted a survey using an underwater camera

MOSCOW: Seven bodies have been found in Lake Baikal in Russia’s Siberia after a tour bus carrying eight Chinese tourists plunged into the water when the ice broke as it crossed…

Seven bodies have been located using an underwater camera

MOSCOW: A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists plunged through the ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal, killing eight people, officials said. One of the Chinese tourists managed to escape…

A Russian driver also died when their mini-bus plunged under the ice to the bottom of the lake in Siberia.