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Woman dead after being swept by Okanagan Lake

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 May, 2023 04:00 PM
  • Woman dead after being swept by Okanagan Lake

A woman from West Kelowna is dead after being swept into Okanagan Lake. 

Police say the 68-year-old was taking photos on a rock in Glen Canyon Regional Park when she slipped and fell into a creek. 

A friend who was with her called police.

Authorities found the woman unconscious about one-kilometre away from where she fell and she was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved.

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