Autopsies on two water deaths

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Police have released autopsy results on two visitors who died in June in water-related incidents on the Kohala Coast.

Police have released autopsy results on two visitors who died in June in water-related incidents on the Kohala Coast.

Paul S. Tsang of San Francisco died from cardiac arrest, not from drowning. The 50-year-old Tsang was snorkeling in waters in South Kohala on June 13, when he was found unresponsive.

And 71-year-old Sokoon Yu of Flour Mound, Texas, died from asphyxia due to near drowning. Yu was snorkeling with a tour group in waters along the Kohala Coast on June 26, when she became unresponsive.

Both Tsang and Yu were taken to North Kohala Community Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.