BALDWIN COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia woman is dead after she tried to untangle her fishing line from a tree and fell into a pond, according to WMAZ.
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Margie Sheppard, 72, was fishing with her grandson Saturday morning in Baldwin County.
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Around 10 a.m., her fishing line got stuck in a tree. When she stood up in the boat to untangle it, she lost her balance and fell in.
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Her adult grandson pulled her out of the water and gave her CPR, but she was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Her grandson was not identified.
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