THE BODY of a young woman has been pulled from a river following reports of a kayaker having “difficulty”.
The body of a 20-year-old was recovered from the River Tees in Barnard Castle today after multiple emergency services rushed to the scene.
The fire and rescue service scrambled to the river alongside the ambulance service, police, the coastguard, and a search and mountain rescue team.
A spokesperson for Durham Constabulary said: “We were called to reports of concern for a kayaker who had got into difficulty in the river just before 2pm.
“Multiple emergency services were involved in the search but sadly the body of a 20-year-old woman was recovered just after 4pm. Her family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.”
A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 1.50pm on Saturday, November 15 to reports of a person in water in the Lartington area of Barnard Castle.
“We dispatched two ambulance crews, a clinical team leader, a duty officer, three crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), and requested support from our colleagues at the the mountain rescue team and the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) who attended by road and air.”
