International student killed by falling tree near Kelowna, B.C. [Video]

Friends and family are mourning the death of a 22-year-old international student and fundraising to repatriate her body to India, after she was killed by a falling tree near Kelowna last weekend. 

Rittika Rajput died on Saturday while she and a group of friends were visiting James Lake.

RCMP have confirmed that officers were called to the scene just before 3 a.m., and say it was a non-suspicious incident.

Amarjit Lalli, a family friend, said Rajput and her friend were having a late-night bonfire at the recreation site when a gust of wind came and they heard a cracking sound. 

“The girls kind of got up and started running. One went one way and, unfortunately, Rittika went the wrong way and the tree ended up on top — is …