OSWEGO, N.Y. — An Oswego police officer jumped into the Oswego River early this morning to save a young woman who had somehow fallen in.
Police got a call around 1:17 a.m. regarding screams that seemed to be emanating from the river near West Seneca Street in the city of Oswego, according to a police news release.
Officers responded to the scene and found a woman, 20, floating on the west side of the river near a cement wall that lines West Linear Park.
Police said the woman was in and out of consciousness and appeared to be struggling to stay afloat. The river averages 42 degrees Fahrenheit in December, officials said.
Officers threw a floating ring, which are placed along West Linear Park, to the woman, but she was unable to grab it due “to her weakened state,” police said.
So a patrol officer jumped into the water and rescued her, police said. Other officers pulled the pair to the shore and provided medical attention.
Both victim and officer were treated for hypothermia, and both were taken to the hospital. The woman is currently at the hospital in stable condition, and the officer was discharged.
Police are still looking into how the woman ended up in the river and how long she’d been there, but they do not suspect a crime was committed, police say.