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Woman drowns in Little Coal River in Lincoln County

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A woman in her late 20s drowned while swimming in the Little Coal River at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to emergency dispatchers in Lincoln County.

Witnesses said she went under and never came back up.

A fisherman was able to pull her body out of the river about a mile downstream. That fisherman happened to be a doctor.

He tried CPR, but it didn't work according to dispatchers.

Her name hasn't been released yet.