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The ropeway across the Dnipro River was broken in Kyiv. A person fell into the water

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Oleksandra Amru
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In the center of Kyiv, the ropeway across the Dnipro (located near the Pedestrian Bridge to the Trukhaniv Island) was broken.

This was reported to the Kyiv police.

Updated at 4:30 p.m.: the Kyiv police clarified that a 20-year-old boy was on the attraction at the time of the rope break — earlier they wrote that they were looking for a girl. The Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) writes that there was a man "up to 30 years old" on the rope. As of 4:00 p.m., 2 500 square meters of the river bottom were surveyed. The search continues.

At the moment of the cliff, a person was descending the ropeway. The rope was pulled out of the water, but without a person, writes Suspilne. Emergency services divers, boats and special equipment are working on the spot.

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The patrol police of Kyiv warns that due to the accident at the attraction, traffic on the Embankment highway is complicated.

The police initiated a case under two articles — violation of safety rules by a person who is obliged to observe them, if this violation created a threat of death — Part 2 of Art. 272 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and official negligence that caused the death of a person — Part 3 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.