A woman’s body has been recovered from the Rover Foyle in Derry.
Emergency services were tasked to the scene in the early hours of Tuesday morning, February 25.
Crews from the Fire and Rescue Service, the Coleraine Coastguard and an Irish Coastguard helicopter from Sligo responded.
After an extensive search operation, the woman’s body was recovered from the water near Lisahally Docks.
Foyle Search and Rescue say of the incident: “At 23:06hrs on Monday 24th February Foyle Search and Rescues pagers were activated by the PSNI to reports a person had entered the water.
“Emergency Response Teams with NIFRS, Coastguard supported by Irish Coastguard Helicopter 118 and the PSNI commenced a multi agency search.
“At 01:50hrs Tuesday, February 25, Foyle Search and Rescue volunteers had the sad task of locating and recovering a body.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family concerned.”
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