Mother dies after trying to help 6-year-old son who strayed too far from shore at Pickering beach

A woman in her thirties died in hospital Sundayafter trying to help her six-year-old son, near Frenchman's Bayin Pickering, Durham police say.

According toStaff Sgt. Micah Wagenberg, a call came in around 3:45 p.m. of an incident nearSandbar Road, on the shores of Lake Ontario.

The woman's child was on a flotation device and strayed too far from the shore, Wagenberg said.

She and a male friend went out to get him andhad trouble getting back.

When crews got there they observed CPR being administered on the woman, Wagenberg added.

The victim was transported to hospital, where she later died.

The child didn't sustain any injuries.