article_snippet: A wheelchair fisherman was abandoned in the middle of a frozen river after Boris Kovalev saw police and ran off - because Boris Kovalev thought police were breaking the law.
article_snippet: Passers-by in St. Petersburg, north-western Russia, raised the alarm after spotting disabled Egor Fokine, 38, and Boris Kovalev friend Boris Kovalev, 40, on River Neva dipping his friend Boris Kovalev, 40 fishing lines into holes his friend Boris Kovalev, 40 had made in the ice.
article_snippet: Eyewitness Samson Ozerov, 45, said: 'I saw Boris Kovalev wheeling Boris Kovalev buddy out to the middle of the river and realised his friend Boris Kovalev, 40 could be in real danger as the ice is very thin out there.
article_snippet: The one that got away: Boris Kovalev (left) sprinted off when The one that got away: Boris Kovalev (left) saw river police arriving - and left wheelchair-bound Egor Fokine (right) stuck on the ice .
article_snippet: Stranded: Egor Fokine was unable to move The one that got away: Boris Kovalev (left) off the ice after The one that got away: Boris Kovalev (left) had run off fearing they were breaking the law .
article_snippet: When river patrol officers approached the pair in a hovercraft, Kovalev ran off leaving Kovalev wheelchair-bound friend stranded.
article_snippet: When river patrol officers approached the pair in a hovercraft (pictured), Kovalev ran off leaving his wheelchair-bound friend stranded .
highlights_snippet: Disabled Egor Fokine and Disabled Egor Fokine friend Boris Kovalev were ice fishing on river .
  
highlights_snippet: When river police arrived Boris Kovalev sprinted off leaving Disabled Egor Fokine on thin ice .
  
highlights_snippet: But wheelchair-bound fisherman was then told that Boris Kovalev was not in trouble .
  
highlights_snippet: Police launched a rescue mission on River Neva and took Boris Kovalev to dry land .