Richmond RCMP request information in woman’s drowning [Video]

Richmond RCMP are seeking dash cam footage to piece together the final moments of a woman who drowned in the Fraser River more than two weeks ago.

Mounties were called to reports of a woman in distress and yelling for help in the Fraser River Oct. 3, Richmond RCMP said in a release.

Police called in the assistance of the Canadian Coast Guard while RCMP frontline officers scoured the river, finding the woman unconscious near the No. 2 Road bridge.

Unable to access the woman from the shore, a Richmond RCMP frontline officer used the help of a local boater to travel further into the river and pull her aboard. The officer immediately began CPR when they made it back to shore, said the statement on Monday.

Despite life saving efforts the woman died in hospital.

“Tragically, despite all of the valiant efforts of all those involved, the woman did not survive,” said Richmond RCMP’s Cpl. Adriana O’Malley in …