A woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving plunged into the river and floated dangerously close to the brink of Niagara Falls.

New York State Parks Police confirmed they were called before 12 p.m. on Wednesday after the car became stuck in the rapids less than 100 metres from the American side of the falls.

Police said they determined from eye witnesses that there was at least one occupant in the vehicle and an emergency operation was launched.

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