A boat with seven workers capsized at the Štěchovice Dam, one person drowned

Štěchovice (near Prague) - Police are investigating the case of a capsized boat in Štěchovice near Prague on suspicion of manslaughter. They are also investigating whether work safety was violated, police spokeswoman Barbora Schneeweissová told ČTK today. A worker from a supplier company that was marking the waterway for the Vltava River Basin drowned in Monday's accident. Spokesperson for the Vltava River Basin Hugo Roldán told ČTK today that t…

A barge capsized on the Štěchovice dam on Monday shortly before eight o'clock in the morning. There were seven workers on board who were marking the places where the bridge is currently being repaired. Six of them swam to shore on their own, one man drowned. This was confirmed by Michaela Richterová, a spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian police.

In Štěchovice in the Prague-West district, a boat carrying seven workers repairing a bridge over the Vltava River capsized on Monday morning. The current threw it onto a tugboat. Six managed to get to shore, while one man drowned in the Vltava River, said police spokeswoman Michaela Richterová.

In Štěchovice in the Prague-West district, a barge carrying workers repairing a bridge over the Vltava River capsized on Monday morning. The current threw it onto a tugboat. Six workers were rescued, one drowned.

The incident was reported before 8:00 a.m. "These were workers who were marking the place in the river where a bridge is being repaired, which is closed. They were sailing on a punt without an engine, using only paddles. A strong current threw them onto a tugboat, causing the punt to capsize," said the spokeswoman. One of the workers failed to reach the shore, a colleague tried to save him, but in vain. Police officers from Hradištek fished him …