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"A woman was rescued from the bitterly cold Souhegan River on Thursday night after her van slid off Route 31 during heavy snow.Emergency workers from three towns helped rescue the woman.\n\"It was something we don't run into every day, that's for sure,\" said Wilton fire Chief Ray Dick.Rescuers said the woman's van slid over an embankment south of King Brook Road and landed in the river 14 feet from shore. A rock kept the van from being swept downstream.\"They actually had to take the Jaws of Life from their rescue vehicle down over the embankment and out into the river, and actually cut the door off of the vehicle,\" said Bedford fire Deputy Chief Mark Klose.Bedford's Swift Water Rescue Team was called in, and after fire crews cut the door free, rescuers suspended 24-foot ladders to build a makeshift bridge to reach the woman.\"From there, they had to actually use the ladder and the manpower to lift her up and over the bank and up onto the road,\" Klose said.Rescuers said the most challenging part was the water temperature. Inside the van, the woman was waist-deep in freezing water.Emergency teams from Milton also helped in the rescue.The woman's name was not released. Officials said she was treated for hypothermia at a local hospital and released."
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