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A 70-year-old woman drowned Wednesday in waters off Poipu Beach.
She has been identified as Janice Klayson of Kansas.
Shortly after 5 p.m. firefighters responded to a report of a woman, who had been swimming approximately 30 feet from the shore, discovered facedown in the water.
Police said bystanders pulled Klayson to shore and performed CPR until firefighters arrived. Paramedics took her to Wilcox Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
An autopsy is expected to be performed.