Sliding down slides turned out to be the most dangerous of winter outdoor activities

Of all outdoor winter activities, skating down ice slides causes the most injuries, insurance companies told Izvestia. This activity accounted for a quarter of cases in the last three seasons, when people applied for payments. In 2024, there are already the first people injured and even killed while riding on slides.

"Injuries in these cases range from bruises to fractures. One of the major cases was a compensation of 30 thousand rubles for a chipped tooth and 18 thousand rubles for a broken collarbone," said Anton Malyarov, head of the personal insurance payouts department of Rosgosstrakh.

The first victims of such winter fun have already been recorded this season. Thus, in Nizhny Novgorod, a child was hit by a car while riding a tubing. The boy was hospitalized. The incident occurred on December 11 in the village of Kochetovka: on one of the streets, a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado car hit a "tubing", in which there was a seven-year-old boy. The driver told the traffic police that the dog was pulling the tubing in front of the SUV and at some point rushed across the road. The driver braked sharply, but the "tubing" was still hit by the car.

Two more children were hurt in Altai Krai after riding down a slide on tubing, the Biysk Emergency Medical Aid Station reported. The boys of seven and eight years old collided with a tree - they are in moderate condition.

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