MERRITT — The BC Coroners Service confirms the identity of an 83-year-old woman who died after falling into a roadside ditch in the Nicola Valley.
Mildred Mitchell of Merritt was driving with a friend on a service road about 20 kilometres south of her home city on Saturday when the vehicle got stuck in the mud.
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The pair were walking out to get help when Mitchell fell into a ditch.
The RCMP eventually found the two women but Mitchell died while being rushed to hospital.
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