Fishermen drown after car falls through ice

A car carrying fishermen on a lake near St Petersburg has sunk through the ice, killing six of the eight anglers inside.

The accident occurred as the fishermen drove onto the frozen Lake Ladoga in the Leningrad region near St Petersburg and the ice underneath their car broke.

Two of the fishermen escaped from under the ice and survived.

Ice-fishing is hugely popular in Russia, both for sport and as a food source, and fishermen are drowned every spring when they fall through thin ice on frozen lakes and rivers.