Crime & Safety
Seaford Woman Dies After Falling in Canal
Loraine Auld was cleaning her boat when she slipped and fell.
A Seaford woman died Saturday after she fell into the canal behind her Seaford home.
According to police, at around 8:30 a.m., Loraine Auld, 86, was cleaning her boat that was docked in the rear of her residence when she slipped and fell into the canal.
Her 85-year-old husband found her wedged between the dock and the bulkhead and had a neighbor call 911. When emergency responders arrived, CPR was performed and she was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10:24 a.m.
An autopsy determined that the cause of death was drowning and there is no apparent criminality.
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