Visakhapatnam: Tragic events leave families in a destitute state with irrevocable losses as such is the case of this AP family who has recently lost their son a software engineer after he reportedly drowned in New Jersey’s lake while celebrating his birthday celebrations.
Aged around 30 Avinash Kuna hailed form Vishakhapatnam reportedly died in boat mishap after he drowned in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey in the USA on Saturday, TOI reports.
Kuna had moved to the USA to pursue MS 5 years ago and later joined UPS Technology as a software engineer.
Sources said that the New Jersey police fished out the body from the lake on Monday.
Kuna’s family is in deep shock as the incident took place two days after his birthday celebrations on May 28.
Sources said Avinash, who loved boating and owns a license too, had rented a boat and invited eight friends for a joy ride on the Hopatcong Lake on Saturday.
He dived in the water which is only 6 to 7 feet deep only but the weeds inside the water are around 3 feet high which caught his leg and Kuna failed to resurface after the dive.
Search and rescue operation was launched after which his body was retrieved.
This is the third incident that a Visakhapatnam youth died of drowning in the US.