Body of woman found in water near popular park
The body of a woman has been found in the water near a park in Dorset[1]. Yesterday morning at 11.05am (Thursday, October 26), emergency services received a report that a person had been seen unresponsive in the water off Hamworthy Park, Poole.
According to one witness, two police vehicles and two ambulances[2] were at the park to recover the woman’s body. Despite the efforts of paramedics, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dorset Police shared in a statement that the death is not being treated as suspicious and Dorset Coroner’s Service has been notified, reports DorsetLive[3].
A spokesman for Dorset Police said: “Dorset Police received a report at 11.05am on Thursday, October 26 2023 of a person unresponsive in the water off Hamworthy Park, in Poole. Officers attended and a woman was recovered from the water. Very sadly she was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious. Her next of next of kin has been informed and our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time. The coroner has been notified.”
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