Three humans were showed lifeless after falling via the ice on Woods Canyon Lake on Monday. Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies from the Forest Lakes Substation, approximately 2 hours southeast of Flagstaff, spoke back at 3:35 p.m. to the call.
Two guys of their 40s, Narayana Muddana and Gokul Mediseti, and a woman, Haritha Muddana (age unknown) fell via the ice Monday. Responding deputies have been capable of get Haritha Muddana out of the water. However, notwithstanding life-saving measures, their efforts have been unsuccessful.
A seek then started out for the 2 guys. Deputies rented a ship from a dealer on the lake and performed an increased seek of the area. The Gila County Sheriff’s Office introduced bloodless-water gear, DPS Air Rescue got here out with a bloodless-water diver, and CCSO deployed boats and bloodless-water seek gear.
“Ice rescues are some thing that we educate for, however don’t do a lot,” stated Jon Paxton, spokesperson for the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, on his manner to Woods Canyon Lake to help Tuesday morning.
According to Paxton, the hunt became halted after darkish Monday night time for protection seasons, however resumed Tuesday morning. The our bodies of Narayana Muddanda and Mediseti have been recovered afterward Tuesday. All 3 have been traveling Woods Canyon Lake from Chandler and have been firstly from India.
A very last announcement from CCSO concerning the incident read: “The Sheriff’s Office thank you the extra devices who spoke back to the area, Forest Lakes Fire District, Gila County Sheriff’s Office Dive Units with bloodless water gear, the Department of Public Safety Air Rescue with a bloodless-water diver, Tonto Rim Search and Rescue, and Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue.”