Selfie At Waterfall Turns Fatal For AP Woman In US

A 26-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh drowned in a waterfalls in Atlanta of the United States after she accidentally slipped into it. Initial reports suggested that the accident happened while she was trying to take a selfie on her mobile smartphone.

The deceased was identified as Polavarapu Kamala, the daughter of Polavarapu Lakshman Rao and Aruna. She hailed from Gudlavalleru of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. After her graduation in Gudlavalleru, she went to the US and had completed her MS. She was working with a software company.

On Saturday,  Kamala had gone to her relatives' house and while returning, she went to Bald River Falls. She accidentally slipped and fell into the waterfalls. A rescue team recovered her body and rushed it to a hospital, where she was declared brought dead. The family members of the deceased are trying to bring her body to India with the help of NATS. A pall of gloom has descended on her native village in Krishna district on hearing the news of Kamala's death.