Andhra engineer drowns in US waterfall while celebrating his birthday with friends
A birthday outing with friends at a waterfall in California turned tragic for a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh's Piridi village, who was swept away by a strong current after getting caught in a whirlpool. The victim has been identified as Singireddy Sai Srihari Krishna, who was working there as a software engineer.
The victim has been identified as Singireddy Sai Srihari Krishna, who was working there as a software engineer. While entering the water, Srihari Krishna was caught in a whirlpool caused by a strong current and drowned.
In a separate incident last year, two 32-year-old men of Telugu origin drowned in the Colorado River in California. The men, including an engineer, had anchored their rented pontoon boat and entered the water to cool off, according to US authorities. Neither was wearing a life jacket.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Anoop Gankidi from Tempe and Venkata Mukkaala from Milpitas, California, according to local reports.
Gankidi, originally from Hyderabad, had moved to the US to pursue a master’s degree in computer engineering at California State University. The nationality of Mukkaala was not confirmed, but reports indicate he was of Telugu origin. Gankidi worked as a computer engineer in the Phoenix area.
The two were among five people who entered the water after anchoring their rented boat. They slipped underwater and struggled; while one person managed to return to shallow water, Gankidi and Mukkaala did not resurface. Authorities recovered their bodies after about 20 minutes underwater. Both were declared dead at a nearby medical centre.