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Update: woman dies after boat overturns in Susquehanna River in Conoy Township

Three people from Duncannon were fishing when their boat capsized sending all three into the water.
Credit: Susquehanna Regional Police Department

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Update (Oct. 24): A Duncannon woman is dead following a river rescue on Friday night in Conoy Township.

Christina Elaine King was one of three people who were fishing near the York Haven Hydro Station, on the Susquehanna River, when their boat capsized sending all three people into the water, police said.

King was taken to Hershey Medical Center after she was rescued where she was later pronounced dead.

This incident is being investigated by the Susquehanna Regional Police Department.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to call police at 717-426-1164.

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A woman was taken to the hospital last night in Conoy Township after the boat she was in overturned in the Susquehanna River, according to county dispatch.

First responders and search teams were dispatched to the Susquehanna River in the area of Brunner Island shortly before 9 p.m. after a boat with a man and woman on board overturned.

The man was rescued promptly but the woman was missing for a while before she was found, dispatch said.

She was taken to the hospital for unknown injuries. Her current condition is unknown. 

More information to follow.

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