A case has been opened over the death of a disabled child from carbon monoxide poisoning

A criminal case has been opened in Moscow region over the death of an eight-year-old disabled boy from carbon monoxide poisoning. This is reported by the regional State Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday, December 11.

The tragedy occurred the day before, December 10, in a private house in the village of Volochanovo in Shakhovskaya. According to preliminary data, the grandmother left the child alone in the house with a flooded wood stove. When neighbors opened the doors to the room, from inside went clubs of smoke.

"According to available information, the child's body has thermal burns on the shoulders and head," the Moscow Region prosecutor's office said in a statement. According to the expert's statement, the boy's death was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, specifies the Internet edition "Podmoskovye Segodnya".

According to Izvestia, the boy, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was under the care of his 60-year-old grandmother, who abused alcohol. The elderly woman drank and fell asleep on the porch. According to preliminary information, during this time smoke from the wood stove accumulated in the house.

A criminal case under part 1 of article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Causing death by negligence" was instituted. All the circumstances of what happened are being established.