"The Investigative Department for the city of Karachayevsk, is conducting a procedural check on the death of a child in the village of Dombay, Karachay city district of the KChR," the message reads.

According to the agency, the incident occurred on Monday near the Muruju River in the village of Dombay.

"A tree fell on the roadway. A five-year-old child who was near a car at that moment with his family died on the spot from his injuries," the release says.

The department specified that at the moment the investigators are conducting a set of verification measures aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident.