Cause of Death Revealed for Man, 27, Who Died Saving His 2 Nieces During Waterfall Tragedy

The origin of decease for a 27-year-old man who died aft redeeming his 2 nieces who fell into a waterfall successful Wales has been revealed.

At astir 4:40 p.m. section clip connected Sept.1, 2023, constabulary were called to Sgwd y Pannwr waterfall successful nan Brecon Beacons — which is astir 40 miles northbound of nan Welsh capital, Cardiff — aft a man had “gone into nan h2o to rescue 2 children and not travel out,” Wales Online reported, citing nan Dyfed-Powys Police.

Mohananeethan "Mohan" Muruganantharajah, 27, had been connected a family time retired astatine nan falls erstwhile immoderate family members “decided to participate nan h2o arsenic nan upwind was pleasant” and a number of them “got into immoderate difficulty,” BBC News reported.

At an inquest into Muruganantharajah's death, Coroner Patricia Morgan said, per nan outlet, “He assisted them to safety. However, sadly Mohananeethan was pulled nether nan h2o and did not resurface. Emergency services attended but were incapable to rescue Mohananeethan.”

According to police, Mohananeethan's assemblage was located successful nan h2o pinch an underwater camera soon aft 7:00 p.m. that aforesaid night, nevertheless he could not beryllium recovered until nan adjacent greeting "due to conditions astatine nan site," per Wales Online.

Mohananeethan was recovered from nan h2o and pronounced dormant connected Sept. 2, 2023, per BBC News and Wales Online.

The coroner ruled his decease an mishap astatine nan inquest, per nan outlets.

A erstwhile proceeding revealed that Muruganantharajah became trapped nether a ledge and was dragged nether nan falls, per Wales Online. 

Sri Lankan-born Muruganantharajah was a qualified aviator from Swansea, according to reports.

His niece Vaishnavi Senthurkumaran told BBC News that her uncle had "escorted everyone down to nan h2o 1 by one” to aquatics earlier calamity struck.

"One of my sisters didn't consciousness safe successful nan h2o and everyone came complete to thief her," she said. "At that moment, nan existent was pulling america successful towards nan waterfall. My uncle came successful to propulsion america retired 1 by one."

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"I could spot his hands slipping into nan water. We thought he was doing immoderate benignant of instrumentality for illustration he does successful nan sea, going underwater and grabbing our legs,” Senthurkumaran recalled. She said she past called her family for help.

"My mother can't aquatics truthful she was throwing thing she could find into nan water," Senthurkumaran told BBC News. "There were a fewer doctors successful nan area who tried to thief wherever they could, past nan paramedics turned up."

Muruganantharajah was described by his family arsenic “a relative fig to everyone," per BBC News.