A WOMAN'S body was pulled from the River Dee in
Llangollen today (Saturday, October 11), police have confirmed.
A story on Leaderlive says: "Emergency services were called to the incident this morning
- with road closures in place in the town centre as a result.
Police have confirmed that, sadly, a woman's body was
discovered in the river.
Enquiries are underway to establish the woman's identity and
the death is thought not to be suspicious, police said. The coroner has been
informed.
A North Wales Police spokesperson said: "We can confirm
that sadly a body of a female was recovered from the River Dee in Llangollen
earlier today (Saturday, October 11).
"At 8.18am North Wales Police received a 999-call
reporting a body had been discovered in the water.
"Officers attended the scene along with other emergency
services including North Wales Fire and Rescue Service’ Water Rescue
Team."
Inspector Andy Kirkham of North Wales Police added: 'Our
thoughts remain with the woman’s family at this distressing time.'"
The body which was discovered in the river close to the Cornmill this morning has now been recovered by a special waterborne unit from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
The railway itself, which remained closed for a few hours, has now been allowed to re-open, along with the Food Festival stalls on the station approach road.
The food festival is going ahead normally, with people flocking to all venues, including the Town Hall, the stalls behind the former Ectarc off East Street, the band hut in Parade Street and Centenary Square where there is a programme of live music.
As the section of the Riverside Park walkway from the town to the Princess Street steps was closed people wishing to visit the food stalls and live music around the bandstand had to make their way by other routes. The walkway is now open.
Original story ...
Police are dealing with a major incident in the centre of Llangollen this morning (Saturday).
On the first day of the annual Food Festival there are currently at least eight police vehicles and an ambulance positioned around the Castle Street and bridge area.
At one stage earlier the bridge was completely closed but is now open with police officers directing traffic.
A section of the walkway in Riverside park close to the Cornmill has also been cordoned off with police officers duty at both ends. Officers could be seen talking to a number of people.
One officer simply said they were dealing with an incident but gave no further details.
There are unconfirmed suggestions that a body may have been found in the river.
Pip Gale, chair of the Food Festival, said he did not know how the situation would affect the event.
"The traders are all set up at the various venues across the town but, as yet, we don't know exactly how this will affect us."
* llanblogger will give further updates as the incident develops.
Police have now posted on their Facebook page: "*** LLANGOLLEN ***
* Police have cordoned off a section of the walkway from the town to the park.
No comments:
Post a Comment