A 26-year-old pregnant mother and her 25-year-old husband drowned Sept. 14 while snorkeling in the waters off Maui, leaving behind a toddler, according to authorities and a GoFundMe campaign. Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk were on vacation in Hawaii and had left their 18-month-old,

CPR was performed on both victims, but despite the rescue team's efforts, they were pronounced dead by Emergency Medical Services.

A mother was was pregnant with her second child has died alongside her husband in an apparent snorkelling accident

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. The 26-year-old mother, who loved to sing and performed at her wedding, had planned to name her daughter Melody.

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

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

Parents Sophia Tsaruk and her husband Ilya were on their first day of their babymoon in Hawaii when the couple decided to go snorkelling on Saturday morning before tragedy struck

The young couple drowned while snorkeling in Maui, leaving their 18-month-old son - who was staying with his aunt and uncle at the time - orphaned.

A husband and his wife, who was pregnant with their second child, tragically died last weekend while snorkeling in Hawaii. “Maui firefighters and ocean safety personnel responded to the report of swimmers/snorkelers in distress in the area along the north side of Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve,