Oct 11, 2021

Authorities identify woman who drowned while kayaking near Scottsbluff

Posted Oct 11, 2021 11:36 PM

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities identified a woman who drowned while kayaking on the North Platte River near Scottsbluff.

The woman was identified Monday as 65-year-old Linda D. Schledewitz, of rural Scottsbluff.

She and her husband overturned a kayak on Friday afternoon near Scottsbluff’s wastewater treatment facility.

The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports the man initially struggled to reach his wife in the water, but once he did he administered CPR.