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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An older pistillate was rescued by UC Merced Police aft falling retired of her kayak into a canal connected Monday.
Around 11:15 a.m., the UC Merced Police Department received a 911 call that hung up without a response.
They tracked the telephone to the Lake Yosemite area, wherever they recovered 2 kayaks successful the Legrand Canal conscionable southbound of Lake Road.
They accidental an older antheral was sitting successful 1 of the kayaks, but the different was empty.
The antheral said his sister had fallen retired and was successful the water. That's erstwhile the officers saw her, struggling adjacent to the canal's steep embankment. They accidental she could not aquatics well, was exhausted, and had been successful the h2o for a bit.
Officers chopped done 2 sets of barbed ligament fences and descended the embankment. They were capable to scope her and propulsion her retired to safety.
