2 young Fremont women ID'd after being swept out to sea while sleeping
Cal Fire crews arrive at Yellow Bank Beach in Santz Cruz County after two young women were swept into the ocean. Photo: CalFire
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The coroner has identified two young women from Fremont who died after they were swept out to sea in Santa Cruz County while sleeping.
Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, had been sleeping near a natural archway along a stretch of coastline between Yellow Bank Beach and Bonny Doon Beach last Wednesday when they were swept into the water by rising tides, CAL Fire said.
Crews were able to find them in the water and take them to hospitals. But they both ended up dying.
Kyle Breton, a Santa Cruz County volunteer, said that there is a certain "keyhole" where people often sleep, which ends up trapping them there because of the high tide.
Breton said there have been at least five other ocean rescues in the area this month.
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