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Three police officers have been treated in hospital after entering a Fermanagh lake to rescue a woman from a submerged car.
They were responding to a report that a car may have entered the water at Muckros Pier on the Boa Island Road in Kesh at around 10.25pm on Saturday night.
A nearby police patrol responded and the two officers onboard spotted the vehicle in the water. Both immediately entered the lake and managed to free the woman from the sinking car.
A third police officer who had arrived on scene also entered the water to ensure no one else was inside the vehicle.
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The woman was taken to hospital where her condition on Sunday morning is described as critical.
PSNI inspector John Gordon said: “I commend the brave actions of the police officers involved and my thoughts and prayers are with the female and her family this morning.”