In Bucha, Kyiv region, an 11-year-old boy climbed a construction crane and, according to preliminary reports, jumped down. Police are establishing the circumstances of the death, and criminal proceedings have been initiated, reports the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Kyiv region, according to UNN.
Details
On May 23, police received a report from an eyewitness that a child had fallen from a height at a construction site. Upon arriving at the scene, police established that two teenagers had entered the territory of one of the construction sites in the city of Bucha. One of them, an 11-year-old boy, climbed a construction crane and, according to preliminary reports, jumped down. Unfortunately, the child died as a result of the fall
Based on this fact, the investigation department of the Bucha District Police Department has opened criminal proceedings (under Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, marked as suicide).
Addendum
Local Telegram channels claimed that on Saturday, May 23, an 11-year-old boy jumped from a tower crane at a construction site in Bucha.
According to eyewitnesses, on Saturday evening, the teenagers entered the construction site territory. The boy told his friends he wanted to jump from the crane, and they tried to talk him out of it.
It is alleged that later everyone dispersed, but the fifth-grader returned to the construction site, climbed the crane again, and jumped. He died on the spot from his injuries. Before the tragedy, he sent a farewell video to his friends.
It is reported online that the boy has already been buried.
As a reminder
In the village of Velyka Omelyana, Rivne region, an intoxicated teacher struck a student in the stomach due to noisy behavior. Police have opened criminal proceedings regarding the assault.