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20. 11. 09. - 16:00

Wheelchair-bound woman dies in river plunge

By Thomas Hochwarter

A wheelchair-bound pensioner died when she fell into a freezing river, police in Upper Austria said today (Fri).

The 80-year-old woman's body was discovered in the Traun near Bad Ischl in the province’s Gmunden district yesterday – one kilometre from where she had fallen in, police said.

Local fire brigade and police dog squads had started a search after a passerby found an electric wheelchair in the water close to the embankment.

Officials – who said the woman had been killed by a combination of the water’s freezing temperature and the Traun’s riptide – are investigating.

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