The cause of death of a mother and daughter with many children in a river in Mordovia was called a whirlpool

The resulting whirlpool could have caused the death of Natalia Yudintseva, a mother with many children, and her eldest daughter on the Moksha River in Mordovia. Preacher Denis Samarin, a friend of the family, told about this on Wednesday, July 16.

"This is all at the level of conversations so far, there are no expert opinions. They say that something like a funnel appeared on the river. This happens on small rivers. That is, there is a flat bottom, and then abruptly a pit and a whirlpool. It turns out that the girl walked and walked, and then abruptly fell through," Samarin said in an interview with aif.ru .

He noted that everyone is in a state of shock right now.

Samarin added that the Yudintsevs are believers, the family is monolithic, everyone holds on to each other. At the moment, the oldest child in the family is 19 years old, the youngest is five months old, the website says. kp.ru .

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The tragedy occurred on the evening of July 12. The father of the family Timofey, Natalia and their 11 children were on the beach near the river in Kovylkinsky district. When 13-year-old Alice began to drown, her mother and her eldest daughter Anastasia rushed to her aid.

Natalia and 17-year-old Anastasia rescued the child, but they could not get out themselves and died. 360.ru .

The widower told RT that, as a rule, they did not swim in that place because there are steep and steep shores, but Natalia told him that they would wet their feet and quickly come back. They were far away, 500 meters away, and he was waiting for them near the tent.

The Investigative Committee (IC) organized a procedural check on the incident. Emergency Ministry divers recovered the teenager's body from the water.

The head of Mordovia, Artyom Zdunov, promised that the republic's authorities would take the current tragic situation under special control, and provide a large family with care and guardianship, Pasha RIAMO.

The funeral expenses were taken over by the company where Timofey works.

Natalia Yudintseva was awarded the Order of Parental Glory.