EnCon officers from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded Hammonasset Beach State Park Thursday afternoon for a report of a swimmer who went under the water and didn't come up.
According to DEEP, an unresponsive 94-year-old woman was pulled from the water. Lifeguards performed CPR before EMS responders took over, DEEP said.
The woman was taken to the hospital but was later pronounced dead. She was later identified as Cicely Worrall, of Chester.
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