The Northern Territory Police Force is continuing to investigate the death of a 66-year-old woman in Alice Springs overnight. 

Just before midnight, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received a report of a woman not breathing in the Todd River near the Tuncks Road causeway. 

Police attended and commenced CPR on the woman, before St John Ambulance arrived and conveyed her to hospital where she was declared deceased. 

Witness statements have been obtained, and at this stage, police believe the death is a result of a medical incident. 

A formal cause of death has yet to be determined, and a postmortem will be conducted by the forensic pathologist.

Police, with assistance from Cultural Reform members, are in communication with the deceased’s family and investigations remain ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 131 444. 

A file is being prepared for the Coroner.