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Marine police rescue elderly woman from water

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  • Police received an emergency call from Nyckelviken about a person falling into the water.
  • The person was a woman in her 90s who slipped with her walker into the water.
  • Marine police quickly arrived and rescued the woman using a rescue ladder.

Police received an emergency call from Nyckelviken about a person falling into the water. According to major media reports, the person was a woman in her 90s who slipped with her walker into the water. The marine police were reportedly only a few bays away and quickly arrived to rescue the woman.

They pulled her out using a rescue ladder. The woman was severely hypothermic when rescued. According to Expressen, police spokesperson Ola Österling described that she was taken by ambulance in urgent speed to hospital.

She was taken by ambulance in urgent speed to hospital.

Ola Österling, Police spokesperson

The woman's current condition and how long she was in the water remain unknown.

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