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.

Couple die in freak snorkelling incident during babymoon in Hawaii - Ilya Tsaruk and his pregnant wife Sophia, who was expecting their second child, were found unresponsive in waters near Maui

MAUI (Gray News) – A pregnant mother and her husband from Washington state drowned while snorkeling on their vacation in Hawaii. A GoFundMe page identified the couple as Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk. According to the Maui County Fire Department, Ilya Tsaruk was 25 years old and Sophia Tsaruk was 26.

A couple celebrating their babymoon on vacation in Hawaii drowned 150 feet off-shore while on a snorkeling excursion. Sophia Tsaruk and her husband, Billy, were parents to a young son and were expecting a baby girl in December.

Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk were snorkeling at Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve on Maui's coastline. She was pregnant with their second child.

Authorities have not released the names of the deceased, but a GoFundMe page confirmed their identities as Ilya Tsaruk, 25, and Sophia Kovalevich, 26. “Sophia was pregnant with a baby girl, and they leave behind their 18-month-old baby, Logan, who was staying with his aunt and uncle at the time,” organizer Andrey Tupikov wrote.

A Snohomish County couple drowned while snorkeling in Hawaii over the weekend. According to family members on a GoFundMe page.

The Seattle couple was retrieved from the ocean by lifeguards, but died. "We know that heaven received and gained the three," a GoFundMe said.

Sophia Kovalevich and 25-year-old Ilya 'Billy' Tsaruk drowned while snorkeling on their babymoon in Maui, Hawaii, over the weekend.

A tragedy in paradise as a young, married couple from Washington state, celebrating their anniversary and the soon-to-be birth of their second child, drown in Maui.