KEIZER, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a woman was rescued from the Willamette River near Salem.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called at about 4 p.m. Wednesday to respond to a person screaming in the river near Keizer.
A Keizer Police officer spotted the woman and kept watch while a Salem Fire Department boat launched and made the rescue.
The woman was rushed from the water to a waiting ambulance at the Keizer Rapids Park.
The sheriff’s office says she was extremely hypothermic and was being treated at a Salem Hospital.
The woman’s identity and how she ended up in the water wasn’t known Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Deputies say they believe alcohol was a factor.
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