AAP General News (Australia)
08-28-2007
NSW: Police rescue 71yr old woman from river
SYDNEY, Aug 28 AAP - Police officers have rescued an unconscious elderly woman from
a river on the NSW north coast.
The 71-year-old woman is undergoing treatment in hospital after police pulled her from
the Hastings River.
About 6.10am yesterday a walker raised the alarm at Port Macquarie police station after
spotting the woman in trouble in the river.
Three officers ran from the station to the riverbank.
One dived into the water while the other officers helped bring the woman ashore.
They performed CPR for several minutes before she revived on her own.
The elderly woman was taken by ambulance to Port Macquarie Hospital and remains in
intensive care but her condition has improved.
AAP ig/rs
KEYWORD: RIVER
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