Two swept away by waves at beach in Gangneung

Coast Guard officers conduct a rescue operation at Yeongjin Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Saturday. (Yonhap) Two women were swept away by waves at a beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Saturday, leaving one dead and the other hospitalized.The Gangneung Coast Guard Station said it received a report of two people struggling in the water at 5:09 a.m. A coastal patrol team pulled both women from the water using rescue ropes.One of the victims, a woman in her 30s, was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead.The other woman, in her 20s, is receiving treatment at a hospital for hypothermia.The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the accident based on witness accounts that the two were swept away by high waves while taking photographs

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