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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A pistillate and her canine were pulled from the Kings River Saturday evening adjacent Reedley, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office announced.
Deputies accidental astir 3:30 p.m. they received a telephone regarding a clump of floaters connected rafts successful the Kings River adjacent Reedley overturned. About fractional a mile down from wherever they were spotted, each but 1 idiosyncratic and a canine were capable to get retired of the water.
Investigators study a pistillate successful her 60s was with a radical of radical floating the stream and had her German Shepherd's leash wrapped astir her to support it from jumping into the water.
After overturning, detectives accidental she got pushed down into the water. She was submerged for 3 hours earlier her assemblage was recovered portion her canine remained afloat.
Deputies accidental aft receiving the telephone they instantly began to hunt for the woman. Once they recovered the dog, they utilized it arsenic a marker to find her. Around 6:30 p.m. the 2 were recovered and pronounced deceased.
Investigators accidental neither she nor the canine were wearing beingness jackets and counsel careless of acquisition level, to ever deterioration a beingness jacket. Doing truthful could mean the quality betwixt beingness and death.
While officials bash not promote floating down the rivers, they accidental if truthful to deterioration a beingness overgarment and interval successful the halfway of the stream to debar "strainers." These are overgrown trees and their roots that travel retired of the ground.
Deputies person not officially released the sanction of the pistillate oregon her dog.
