Man's body found in Bath river
A body pulled from the River Avon yesterday has been confirmed as that of a 50-year-old man.
Police today said that the man had been identified but they were still trying to contact more relatives.
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The death is not thought to be suspicious.
Police and firefighters searched the river yesterday after a man's body had been spotted by passers-by in the morning.
The police, fire and ambulance services were all called to Victoria Bridge Road after they received a call at 10am.
The Bath-based fire service rescue boat was used in the search but police also called in a specialist police dive team, which eventually found the body.
3 Comments
by Sarah, bristol
Thursday, May 14 2009, 6:41AM
“Happened to know him, and he was a lovely gentle man. sleep tight x”
by Marco, Bath
Tuesday, April 28 2009, 4:31PM
“Well said PW.”
by PW, Bath
Tuesday, April 28 2009, 2:11PM
“What a sobering tragedy. I thought I was having a bad day, but events like this put it into perspective, and remind us how lucky we are to have such committed and professional emergency services.”