Penn State Student Preetika Sahi, 21, ID'd As Woman Found In Susquehanna River: Coroner

By Jillian Pikora From Daily Voice

A Penn State student who drowned in the Susquehanna River has been identified as Preetika Sahi, the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 6. 

Preetika Sahi, 21, of Middletown, was found in a shallow part of the Susquehanna River near the 700 block of Water Street in Royalton Borough on Friday morning, the coroner said.

An investigation began when Pennsylvania State Police requested assistance at 8:25 a.m. for a possible river search. Crews responded to the Canal Lock Boat Launch on River Road in Londonderry Township.

A PSP helicopter spotted Sahi near the shoreline. Boat 88-1 from the Middletown Fire Department assisted the Dauphin County Coroner in recovering her body, according to the Londonderry Fire Company.

The coroner ruled her cause of death as freshwater drowning and the manner of death as suicide.

Sahi was a student at Penn State University and a graduate of Middletown Area High School, according to public records.

A memorial service is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 2100 Linglestown Road in Harrisburg, followed by a gathering at Gurudwara Sahib, 1825 Good Hope Road in Enola.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, help is available. You can call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 to speak with a trained counselor 24/7.