Tragic End! Scuba Diving Victim Shruthi from Chikkamagaluru dies in USA
Mangaluru: Earlier in our report we had mentioned that the victim was from Shivamogga district- but we later found out that her hometown was Chikkamagaluru. V Shruthi, a 20-year-old woman from Chikkamagaluru who slipped into a coma following a mishap during scuba driving in Hawaii, US, on June 30, died on Sunday night, 9 July as per sources.
Shruthi had married Seetharama Krishna, a native of Vijayawada, just 10 months ago. Her husband is a software engineer with Yahoo in California, USA. The couple had been to Hawaii for vacation when the tragedy occurred. During scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean, her oxygen pipe got accidentally detached. She became asphyxiated and eventually went into a coma.
Her father, Vishwanath, a resident of Lakkavalli in Tarikere taluk, said her body had been donated to a hospital in Hawaii but her ashes would be brought to India for the last rites.
Shruthi’s mother Shakuntala and brother Karthik got passports under Tatkal to travel to Hawaii on July 7. Vishwanath couldn’t accompany them as he didn’t get the passport on time. The cremation will be held in California. Karthik and his mother had flown to the U.S. to look after her.