The bodies of two workers were found in a sewer in Volgograd.

In Volgograd, the bodies of two dead workers were found in a manhole on Lgovskaya Street. This was reported on July 16 in the Investigative Department (SU) of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia in the Volgograd region.

"According to the investigation, employees of Water Supply Concession LLC died during emergency work to eliminate a blockage in the sewer system," the agency's Telegram channel says.

The UK reported that the cause of death of the workers was probably poisoning by toxic gases. The investigators opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of labor protection requirements, resulting in the death of two persons by negligence").

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