OKLAHOMA (TIP): Two Indian students have drowned at a popular tourist destination in Oklahoma, according to a media report.

The two students, 23-year-old Ajay Kumar Koyalamudi and 22-year-old Teja Koushik Voleti, who were international students at the University of Texas at Arlington died on Sept 3 at Turner Falls in Oklahoma.

According to media report, Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sindanur Taluk in Raichur, jumped into the water body to save his friend Voleti, a native of Ongole,and in the process, both drowned.

Ajay, who was studying Construction Engineering Management, had left for Texas in December 2018 after completing his Bachelor of Civil Engineering at New Horizon College of Engineering in Bengaluru’s Marathalli.

Teja was an engineering student who had completed his Bachelor’s degree from Anna University, Chennai. According to reports, Teja hails from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh. He was pursuing a master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington.