Elderly woman rescued from canal near Lichfield has died
An elderly woman has died after being rescued from in a canal near a village near Lichfield.
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Staffordshire Police said the woman, who has not been named, was found in the Coventry Canal near Swan Bridge in Burton Road in Whittington on Monday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service stated: "We were called by the police to reports of a patient in the canal in Whittington, Lichfield at 10.07am on Monday.
"Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and a trauma doctor and paramedic attended the scene. Crews arrived to find police officers performing CPR on a woman.
"Ambulance staff continued advanced life support on scene before conveying the woman, in a critical condition, to hospital for further emergency care."
A post on Whittington & Fisherwick Parish Council's Facebook page stated that the woman's relatives had been informed.
The force stated: "Following our appeal to identify a woman who died after being rescued from the canal in Whittington, we can confirm that the woman has now been identified."
