The elderly woman, who had initially been resuscitated with CPR on Thursday morning by lifeguards on the Epanomi River, in eastern Thessaloniki.
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Earlier, the municipality of Thermaikos had reported that the 72-year-old woman had been pulled from the water unconscious and that she had regained consciousness thanks to the lifeguards’ immediate intervention.
The woman was picked up around 1 p.m. by an EKAB ambulance and transported to the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Papanikolaou,” where she ultimately succumbed to her injuries and died, according to voria.gr.
A preliminary investigation is being conducted by the First Port Police Station of Nea Michaniona, part of the Thessaloniki Central Port Authority.
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