Visitor dies during rafting excursion on Kananaskis River

A 51-year-old woman from Singapore was killed after she fell off a raft into the Kananaskis River during a white water rafting trip.

RCMP responded to the river at about 4:00 p.m. Tuesday for reports of an unresponsive female.

Police say the woman fell from a raft and was submerged in the water for a short period of time before she was pulled out and then went into medical distress.

The people on the raft started CPR and EMS took over when they arrived.

The woman was taken to hospital in Calgary where she was pronounced dead.

Police are investigating the circumstances leading up to her death.