Water-related accidents claim over 40 lives in Mongolia so far this year

ULAN BATOR, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Forty-two people have been killed in water-related accidents across Mongolia since the beginning of the year, emergency authorities said Friday.

Thirty of the deceased were adults, and 12 others were children, the National Emergency Management Agency said in a statement.

The leading causes of the water-related deaths were swimming after consuming alcohol, negligence and leav