TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two people died in two separate drowning accidents in Nantou County on Saturday (July 23) and Sunday.
The Nantou County Fire Bureau responded to an incident at the Beigang River near Gangmen Bridge in Guoxing Township at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, the bureau said in a press release. The caller said that an older man was swept away by river currents when he was crossing the river.
However, search and rescue personnel could not find him when they arrived at the scene, and began to search downstream. At 2:51 p.m., the fire bureau received another call that the victim had been spotted 500 meters upstream of another bridge and suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The other drowning happened when a 37-year-old Taichung woman surnamed Guo (郭) was rivertracing with five other people on Saturday on the Salihsian River in the county’s Xinyi Township.
The woman was swept under a rock by whirlpools, according to the bureau’s press release. The search and rescue personnel were not able to get Guo out of the water due to strong currents on Saturday, the bureau said.
On Sunday morning, responders used an underwater camera to locate Guo's body before using an iron hook to pull her up, according to the release.
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