BATH
Bath police rescued an allegedly inebriated Phippsburg woman Tuesday morning after she was pulled into the current of the Kennebec River while swimming.
Just after 9 a.m., a passerby called police to report a woman screaming from the water a few hundred yards from shore, Bath Police Lt. Robert Savary said Tuesday afternoon.
The woman had apparently gone for a swim and been pulled into the strong current of the river, according to Savary.
When officers arrived at the North End boat launch, a man who happened to be putting his boat in the water drove them out, and they pulled the 32-year-old woman into the boat.
A Bath Iron Works security boat also assisted.
The woman was evaluated by Bath EMS and driven home by Bath police, Savary said.
No charges have been filed.
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