An elderly woman died after she was pulled from the water at Hammonasset Beach State Park on Thursday.
Emergency crews in the evening hours responded to the beach on the report of a swimmer who went under the water and did not come up, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
A 94-year-old Chester woman was pulled from the water and unresponsive, a spokesperson for DEEP said. An off-duty nurse started performing CPR until medics arrived.
The victim was taken to an area hospital...