Posted at 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Maui drowning victims identified
Advertiser Staff
WAILUKU, Maui — Police today identified two people killed Friday at a scenic spot near Kahakuloa as newlyweds from San Jose, Calif.Parag P. Khurjekar and his wife, Mamata D. Godbole, both 34, drowned in the ocean off Olivine Pools.
Khurjekar was posing for a photograph near the rocky edge of the pools when a wave knocked him into the water, said Police Lt. John Jakubczak. He said it is not clear whether Godbole also was pulled into the ocean by a wave or jumped in to save her husband.
Olivine Pools is recommended in some travel guides as one of Maui's "hidden" spots, featuring natural pools on a lava bench protected from the sea, but local authorities say it is also dangerous.
In 2004, a 41-year-old California man and his 14-year-old daughter were swept into the ocean there. Only the daughter survived.
