UPDATE: Deputies identify Portland woman as paddleboarder presumed drowned off Sauvie Island

A woman who fell in the water while paddleboarding near Sauvie Island is presumed dead, according to Portland Fire & Rescue.

A female in her 20s was paddleboarding without a life preserver and went into the water near Collins Beach, officials said. The initial report came in at 4:21 p.m., authorities said.

Chris Schimmer, an assistant public information officer with the agency, said officials had an approximate location for the body and were attempting around 6 p.m. to recover it from the bottom of the river. The body was underwater for an hour and a half, Schimmer said.

"Not a very pretty operation," Schimmer said. The water in that location is approximately 15 feet deep, he added.

A public incident map showed the situation was unfolding at the north end of the island, near Northwest Reeder Road, which is in Columbia County. The island is split between Multnomah and Columbia counties.

Schimmer said it was unlikely that the agency would identify the woman Sunday night.

-- Luke Hammill

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