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Aksa beach tragedy: Lone lifeguard had a holiday
Updated On: 15 April, 2010 07:01 AM IST | | Ram Kumar Iyer
Three youngsters were swept away at Aksa Beach yesterday
Three youngsters were swept away at Aksa Beach yesterday
A picnic turned into a tragedy, when two teenagers and a 10-year-old, drowned at the Aksa Beach near Malad yesterday. The victims Satish Benbansi (18), Akash Benbansi (10) and Mayur Patel (14), were residents of a chawl at Jogeshwari (West). They had left home with six others, two of whom, Guddu Yadav (18) and Jai Patel (12) are still being treated at the Bhagwati Hospital.
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| TRAGEDY AT SEA: (From left) Ashish Yadav, who had not entered the water, with Sunny, Vishal and Suraj who were rescued. PIC/BAKULESH TRIPATHI |
Eyewitnesses said that there was no lifeguard present at the scene and it was the hawkers who rescued the other five boys.
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