SUNRIVER, OR -- An elderly woman was rescued from the Deschutes River near Sunriver, Tuesday morning. Deschutes County 911 received a report of an apparent deceased man floating in the river in the Oregon Water Wonderland area.
A Responding deputy was flagged down by a neighbor that said their 80-year-old mother had gone missing in the night. A Sunriver Police officer borrowed a motorboat from another resident and began searching the river. He then found a person caught in a tree snag. The officer picked up a DCSO deputy and sergeant and went to the apparent drowning victim when they discovered it was the missing woman; she was alive but unresponsive.
They pulled her out of the water and took her to a private dock where they provided first aid until medics arrived. She was taken to St. Charles Bend. The initial investigation indicates the woman may have been trying to take her own life.
