Police are working to substantiate his id
A person in his 70s was pronounced useless after a physique was pulled from a canal. Emergency providers have been referred to as to the canal off Westhoughton Road in Adlington, Lancashire, this afternoon.
Police mentioned the physique of a person, regarded as aged in his 70s, was recovered from the water. Officers are working to determine the person and to contact his subsequent of kin.
Police say his dying shouldn’t be being handled as suspicious.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police mentioned: “We have been referred to as at simply after 2.30pm at the moment (Saturday, December thirteenth) to a report {that a} physique had been discovered within the canal off Westhoughton Road at Adlington. Emergency providers attended and sadly the physique of a person was pulled from the water.
“Enquiries are ongoing to determine the deceased, regarded as in his 70s, and to contact his subsequent of kin. The dying shouldn’t be being handled as suspicious presently.”
