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Authorities have identified a paddleboarder who died after being recovered from the Housatonic River on Thursday.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said state and local officials responded to the Housatonic River around 6:15 p.m. Thursday after boaters reported finding a paddleboarder in the river.
The paddleboarder, identified on Sunday as 30-year-old Alyssa Mackinnon, of Fairfield, was transported to a local hospital, where she died.
Mackinnon's cause of death has yet to be determined.
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The incident remains under investigation.