RCMP officers on the small piece of beach near Beach Avenue where a bystander rescued a woman from Okanagan Lake, Friday, March 27, 2015. Credit: Global Okanagan (with permission)

No sign of bystander who rescued woman from Okanagan Lake

KELOWNA – RCMP investigators have a mystery on the their hands as they look into the rescue of a woman from the freezing water of Okanagan Lake today.

Rescue crews arrived to find a woman on the beach off Beach Avenue over the noon hour, March 27, but no sign of the person who apparently pulled her from the water, according to Global Okanagan.

The woman was taken to Kelowna General Hospital were she is recovering from her ordeal.

Police are hoping the rescuer, or any other witness to the incident, comes forward.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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