Sai Tejaswi Kommareddy, 24, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton. For confidential support call Samaritans on 116123 or visit www.samaritans.orgA gifted student who drowned in the sea during Storm Noa in April deliberately killed herself, an inquest has heard.But then the Indian-born student turned abruptly to the right and walked straight into the waves.
The eyewitness said he immediately called the coastguard who arrived on the beach shortly afterwards on two quad bikes and quickly found the woman floating face down in the water. Police, ambulance teams and coastguard crews from Brighton and Shoreham were called to the scene close to Brighton Marina. A coastguard helicopter from Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire was also called to the incident where Teja disappeared into the sea
The master’s student was vice president of the CranSEDS association, the university’s branch of UKSEDS , which is made up of students who are passionate about space exploration. Coastguards found a handbag on the beach with contents belonging to Sai along with a key to a Brighton hotel. At the hotel they found a backpack belonging to the student.