Woman, 59, drowns in West Hants creek

A woman has drowned in a creek inWest Hants, RCMPsay.

Police, fire and emergency health services were calledtoNew Ross Road in Leminster, N.S., onWednesday around 3:20 p.m., according to a police news release. Leminster is located about 26 kilometres southwest of Windsor, N.S.

West Hants RCMP says a 59-year-old woman from Leminster was lounging in the water when she became distressed. A man known to the woman tried to help her and called for help, according to police.

The woman died at the scene.