Penza, 10 July 2018. PenzaNews. Preliminary investigation was organized on the fact of the death of a 19-year-old girl who had drowned in a pond in the village of Zasechny of the Penza area of the Penza region on Monday, July 9. This was reported by Tatyana Makhnitskaya, senior assistant of the head of the regional investigative department for media relations under the Investigative Committee of Russia.

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"A girl born 1999 came to the beach together with three friends. They went swimming. According to available information, the girl could not swim. She began to drown and her companions started to call for help," the interlocutor said.

According to her, first these were people nearby who tried to help the girl, then – a lifeguard.

"She was taken out from the water but it was impossible to save the girl. She had no injuries. Judicial-medical examination is to be conducted," Tatyana Makhnitskaya added.

According to information available to PenzaNews, the deceased was a citizen of India and studied at the medical institute of Penza State University.