Emergency services have pulled a man's body from the River Wear.
Durham Constabulary was alerted after a body was spotted by a member of the public near Witton-le-Wear, County Durham , at 12.40pm on Sunday.
Emergency services attended but despite their efforts, the man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
The force has now launched an investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding the man’s death and how he ended up in the river.
Formal identification has yet to take place. Although unexplained, Durham Constabulary is not treating his death as suspicious at this time.
Officers would like to hear from anyone who may have seen a man walking along the riverbank in the Witton-le-Wear area from around 12pm.
Anyone with information is urged to contact 101, quoting incident number 210 of March 24.
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