Shillong, June 26 (PTI) A 26-year old English woman was swept away when she tried to swim on turbulent Umkynsan river near Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, officials said today. Christina Reed had gone for swimming in Umkynsan on Saturday afternoon but got swept away by strong currents even as her companion Richard jumped into water to save her.Christina, who remained untraced till Sunday, was feared to have been tugged by the tides to the Bangladesh side, police said.The young woman and her friend were put up in a Cherrapunjee Resort in Laitkynsiew.The resort owner said that on Saturday the lady told him that she wished to visit Umkynsan and some other tourist places for writing about them.