A 23-year-old man is dead following what police describe as an “incident” at the Murrumbidgee River on Thursday evening.
At about 5.40pm, police and emergency services responded to reports that a man had gone into the water near the Uriarra Crossing bridge and failed to surface.
A search for the man was commenced, utilising resources from
Teams from the police, AFP Search and Rescue, fire & rescue and the SES searched for the man, but his body was found in the water about 8.35pm.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
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