A woman died on Wednesday (December 8) after her car was submerged steps away from Niagara Falls on the U.S.-Canada border and a dramatic rescue came up short.
Rescue workers arrived at the scene at around noon to lift a woman out of her car after it wound up in the Niagara River, some 150 feet (45 meters) before the brink, according to local media.
A member of the Coast Guard Swift Water Rescue Team was lowered from a helicopter to the car but found the woman already dead inside.
The area was experiencing typical November weather of freezing temperatures and precipitation.
Local police were seen beforehand calling in a drone to survey the scene before the U.S. Coast Guard took over the rescue.
According to local media, the woman was in her 60's, but any further information was being withheld until her family could be notified.