MUMBAI: For 13 students at a university in Thane, a picnic to Gorai Beach on Friday went horribly wrong, with three of them drowning and injuries to a room.Two bodies, one a girl, have been found and a search is focused in the third. Township officials said the students had ignored warnings from the lifeguards do not enter the water. The Gorai police have registered cases of accidental death.
The students, aged 18-20, studied at the Faculty of General Security Service Trade Majiwada and residents in Thane and Bhiwandi. The group reportedly reached Gorai about 11 in two cars and get to the beach half an hour later.
Several warning signs have been placed on the beach, but the group was walking in water up to their knees when they were alerted, "said Sandeep Tamhane, a lifesaver." I was about two miles away and ran to her rescue. It did not seem able to swim and rescued three of them. The tide was low and getting pulled into the sea, "he said.
While Ashish Chavan, Sujata Patil, and Niranjan Shinge drowned, Tushar Mhaskar out with injuries. Tushar was taken to Bhagwati Hospital, while the staff of the fire brigade and police are hunting for the body of Shinge. According to a civil officer, when a lifeguard warned students against venturing into the sea, left the place and entered the water elsewhere.Meanwhile, disbelief and pain gripped the faculty and university students in learning about the tragedy. Mulundkar Ramchandra College Trust said: "The sophomores had planned a picnic to Gorai after college and had hired vehicles.
Among the survivors who went to college later was Bhagyashree Patil. She said: "It all happened so fast. We went into the water when suddenly a huge wave came towards us. We have tried to swim back to shore with all the force he could muster. Some of us extended a helping hand to those who could not swim, but watched in horror as he was sucked in. "
The students, aged 18-20, studied at the Faculty of General Security Service Trade Majiwada and residents in Thane and Bhiwandi. The group reportedly reached Gorai about 11 in two cars and get to the beach half an hour later.
Several warning signs have been placed on the beach, but the group was walking in water up to their knees when they were alerted, "said Sandeep Tamhane, a lifesaver." I was about two miles away and ran to her rescue. It did not seem able to swim and rescued three of them. The tide was low and getting pulled into the sea, "he said.
While Ashish Chavan, Sujata Patil, and Niranjan Shinge drowned, Tushar Mhaskar out with injuries. Tushar was taken to Bhagwati Hospital, while the staff of the fire brigade and police are hunting for the body of Shinge. According to a civil officer, when a lifeguard warned students against venturing into the sea, left the place and entered the water elsewhere.Meanwhile, disbelief and pain gripped the faculty and university students in learning about the tragedy. Mulundkar Ramchandra College Trust said: "The sophomores had planned a picnic to Gorai after college and had hired vehicles.
Among the survivors who went to college later was Bhagyashree Patil. She said: "It all happened so fast. We went into the water when suddenly a huge wave came towards us. We have tried to swim back to shore with all the force he could muster. Some of us extended a helping hand to those who could not swim, but watched in horror as he was sucked in. "
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