Police have confirmed tonight that a 50-year-old woman died after her black coloured car entered the canal in Newry this afternoon.
The deceased was Patricia Campbell, who came from the Newry area.
The car entered the canal several miles along the Fashom Line and it remains closed.
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them at Ardmore on the non-emergency number 101.
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