Man dies after being pulled from River Soar in Leicester city centre

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An investigation into the death of a man is continuing after he was pulled from the River Soar in Leicester city centre.

Police were called to Mill Lane at around 7.30pm on Saturday (27) following a report of a man was in the water.

Emergency services attended and the man was pulled out of the river.

He was taken to the Leicester Royal Infirmary but died a short time later.

Police are now trying to establish how he came to enter the water but it is not believed there was any third party involvement.

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Detective Sergeant Vicki Hudson said: “We would like to speak to anyone who saw a man in the area or who saw the man enter the water.

“Any information or footage you can provide, for example from a dashcam, could help our investigation.”

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You can pass on information by calling 101 and quoting incident 587 of 26 October. Alternatively visit www.leics.police.uk

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David Brattonhttps://www.stuckinthemiddle.co.uk
David is managing editor of SITM with a love of all things pop culture. His main interests include supporting his beloved Mansfield Town FC, telling everyone how great the band Sparks are and obsessing about New Order. He was a journalist in local news before all this and then went on to badly sub-edit bits of the Nottingham Post, Derby Telegraph and Leicester Mercury.




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