Family and friends are mourning the deaths of a Washington state couple who died while snorkeling on vacation in Hawaii. The couple was found unresponsive by first responders near the north side of Āhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve on Maui.

Family and friends are mourning the deaths of a Washington state couple who died while snorkeling on vacation in Hawaii. The couple was found unresponsive by first responders near the north side of Āhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve on Maui.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -Police have identified the two parents who drowned off Maui on Saturday. The couple has been identified as Ilya Tasruk, 25, and Sophia Kovalevich, 26, of Snohomish, Washington. They were both pulled from the ocean at the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve.