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Woman Drowns In Foster Reservoir After Falling Off Paddleboard

(Sweet Home, OR) -- A woman is dead after falling off her paddleboard in Foster Reservoir. Police say 36-year-old Courtney Anderson of Eugene was at Lewis Creek Park east of Sweet Home Sunday afternoon when she slipped off the board while trying to help a child. She wasn't wearing a life jacket and was underwater for several minutes before other swimmers pulled her from the water. She was taken to Lebanon Community Hospital where she died. Anderson was also a Lane County Sheriff's deputy.

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