A woman’s body was pulled from the Otonabee River in Peterborough late Friday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to an area near the Inverlea Bridge in the city’s north end around 5:30 p.m. after a passerby spotted a body in the river, according to a police officer at the scene.
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TRAFFIC: A section of London Street near the Otonabee river is closed for an ongoing police investigation. Check back for more information as it becomes available #ptbonews pic.twitter.com/87Iw9eXqTL
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The identity of the woman has yet to be released.
On Monday morning, Lauren Gilchrist, Peterborough Police Service’s media relations and communications co-ordinator, told Global News Peterborough the incident is being investigated by a coroner and that police were not in a position to comment at this time.
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