Woman in her 30s dies after being pulled from river nearly five miles from where she was last seen
A woman in her 30s has died after she was pulled from a river nearly five miles from where she was last seen.
Emergency services rushed to the River Aire, close to Clarence Dock, in Leeds at 1.36pm yesterday after they received reports of a woman in the water.
The woman was found moving downsteam towards Woodlesford and was taken to hospital but died yesterday afternoon.
Police have now launched a probe into how she came to be in the river.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: 'At 1.36am yesterday (Thursday), police were notified that a woman was believed to be in the River Aire close to Clarence Dock in Leeds.
Emergency services rushed to the River Aire, close to Clarence Dock, in Leeds at 1.36pm yesterday after they received reports of a woman in the water
'Officers and the National Police Air Service were deployed and the woman was located moving downstream towards Woodlesford, where she was brought to safety by the fire service and taken to hospital.
'The woman, who was in her thirties, sadly passed away in hospital yesterday afternoon.
'Enquiries are ongoing to establish how she came to be in the river but there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances at this time.'