RUSSIA/FILE: ICE HOCKEY: Lokomotiv player who survived plane crash, dies

Record ID: 574880

  • Title: RUSSIA/FILE: ICE HOCKEY: Lokomotiv player who survived plane crash, dies
  • Date: 13th September 2011
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 12, 2011) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) VISHNEVSKY INSTITUTE OF SURGERY BUILDING WHERE LOKOMOTIV PLAYER ALEXANDER GALIMOV WAS TAKEN FOR TREATMENT VARIOUS FLOWERS OUTSIDE INSTITUTE OF SURGERY GATES VARIOUS ENTRANCE OF INSTITUTE DOCTORS TALKING BEHIND WINDOW, INSIDE HEAD OF THE BURN CENTRE AT VISHNEVSKY INSTITUTE, ANDREI ALEXEYEV TALKING WITH OTHER DOCTORS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) HEAD OF THE BURN CENTRE AT VISHNEVSKY INSTITUTE, ANDREI ALEXEYEV, SAYING: "This morning Alexander Galimov, who was in the Burn Centre of our Institute during the course of four days, passed away." FOLDED HANDS OF DOCTOR IN WHITE COAT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) HEAD OF THE BURN CENTRE AT VISHNEVSKY INSTITUTE, ANDREI ALEXEYEV, SAYING: "We did everything we could do to change the course of events and to save his life, but unfortunately what we were dealing with were deadly burns."
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Russian Federation
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Accidents,Sports,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVA1GDAQX06PHR8POD98Y514SJ1C
  • Story Text: The sole member of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team to survive last week's air crash in western Russia died of his injuries on Monday (September 12), the medical center that treated him said.
    "This morning Alexander Galimov, who was in the Burn Centre of our Institute during the course of four days, passed away," Head of the Burn Centre at Vishnevsky Institute, Andrei Alexeyev, told journalists.
    "We did everything we could do to change the course of events and to save his life, but unfortunately what we were dealing with were deadly burns," added Alexeyev.
    Forward Alexander Galimov, along with a crew member, were found alive after the Yak-42 jet carrying the team to a match in Belarus came down on the banks of a river shortly after take-off last Wednesday (September 7), killing 43 people.
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