51-year-old woman dead after being pulled from water near Brackley Beach
CBC
A woman from P.E.I.'s Queens County is dead after being found in the water near Brackley Beach on Monday night, according to RCMP.
Emergency crews responded to a report of a missing person whose vehicle was found in P.E.I. National Park at Brackley Beach at around 3:45 p.m.
The 51-year-old woman was found in the water by a Coast Guard helicopter just before 8 p.m. AT. She was brought to shore by a New London fire department boat and taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
"Our thoughts are with the victim's family, as this was not the outcome we had hoped for," RCMP Chief Supt. Kevin Lewis said in a news release.
"We would like to thank our partners … that went above and beyond to locate the victim adrift in the ocean."
The search included RCMP police dog services and a drone operator; Parks Canada staff and boats; P.E.I. Ground Search and Rescue; the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter; the North Shore, New Glasgow and New London fire departments; and Island EMS.
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