Two kids drowned at Manginapudi beach

Krishna, June 24: Here a tragic incident has appeared, while two siblings of a family were drowned off at the Manginapudi beach near here Krishna district on Saturday.

While coming to details, A couple and their two children, belonging to Vadlamannadu village of Gudlavalleru Mandal, went to the beach for an outing, Machilipatnam Rural Sub Inspector V Srinivas said.

All of them entered into the sea for bathing but were pulled in by the waves and started drowning, he said. While the parents were rescued by a group of photographers visiting the beach, the two kids drowned, the police officer said.

Their bodies were later washed ashore, he said. The deceased were identified as M Sandeep and his sister M Vidhya, who was in mid-teens, Srinivas said.