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Armstrong County woman drowns in Montana

A woman who drowned Sunday, June 23, near St. Mary Falls on the east side of Glacier National Park in Montana has been identified as 26-year-old Gillian Tones, of North Apollo.

According to the National Park Service, park dispatch received multiple 911 calls at about 5:20 p.m. Sunday, with callers reporting that Tones slipped on wet rocks and fell into Virginia Creek between St. Mary and Virginia Falls. Park rangers were on the scene by 5:45 p.m.

Tones was swept up by cold, fast-moving water and went over a series of smaller waterfalls, then was pinned underwater by a log for several minutes until other park visitors pulled her from the river, a news release said.

Despite resuscitation efforts by bystanders, park rangers, ambulance personnel and ALERT helicopter medics, Tones never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead by ALERT personnel at about 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 23.

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