Police investigating after woman drowns in Richmond County

Police are investigating after a woman drowned in Cape Breton’s Richmond County.

Nova Scotia RCMP say they responded to a call to Crooked Lake Road in Framboise, N.S., at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

Police say the 28-year-old victim was at a cottage with a friend when she decided to go for a swim.

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She disappeared a short time later, according to police, and failed to resurface.

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“The friend tried to help her but was not able to get to her in time,” police said in a news release Tuesday.

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Police and volunteer firefighters weren’t able to recover the woman’s body Monday. An RCMP dive team recovered her body Tuesday morning.

The identity of the woman has not been released.

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Police say they currently have not made a determination about criminality.