Woman dies after car goes into river in Tonyrefail
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An 80-year-old woman has died after her car hit railings and went down a bank into a river in Rhondda Cynon Taff.
South Wales Police said the incident happened at about 13:45 GMT at the bottom of Tylcha Wen Terrace, Tonyrefail.
Emergency crews managed to get the woman, who lived locally, out of the water but she died a short time later.
The road remained closed as police carried out initial investigations and recovered the vehicle.