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After fishing: Woman falls into pond and drowns

A 52-year-old woman from Lower Austria fell into a pond in the district of Gmünd on Friday evening and drowned. The woman had made her way home on foot after fishing. When she did not get there, relatives set out to search for her. 

The next tragic death occurred in Lower Austria on Friday: according to the police, the 52-year-old woman fell into the water after fishing in a pond on her way home in the village of Heidenreichstein. As she did not arrive home, her relatives went looking for her and discovered her floating in the pond.

Deceased after resuscitation
Although the emergency services were able to resuscitate her, she died the following day in hospital.