MASSENA, N.Y. (WWTI) - A 29-year Winthrop woman has passed away after a boating incident from last weekend.

According to the New York State Police, they were informed of the death of Tracey Billhardt died on Tuesday, August 5.

Authorities were called to to the Massena intake boat launch on State Route 131 in Massena after receiving a report of an unconscious female on a boat.

Billhardt was being given CPR when the boat arrived at the launch. Emergency personnel continued life-saving measures.

She was transported to Upstate University Medical Center in Syracuse, where she later died from her injuries.

An autopsy was conducted on the morning of August 6 at Upstate Medical University Hospital by Forensic Pathologist Yekaterina Merkulova from the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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