Michigan Woman Dies In River Tubing Accident

WEXFORD COUNTY, MI (CBS DETROIT)- An unidentified 32-year-old woman drowned in a river tubing accident in a Northern Michigan river, police said.

On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Wexford County officials responded about 1:10 p.m. They recovered the woman's body from the river at about 2 p.m. and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police discovered that the woman was on a tube that got stuck against a downed tree in the river. She also was entangled in a rope connecting two tubes together. She was dragged under the water as a result.

It is known the woman is from Cadillac. Police withheld her identity as they notified her family members.

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