AN elderly woman’s body has been pulled from a canal near a busy town centre after being spotted by a passerby.
The woman, in her 70s, was discovered in the water, near Atlas Mill Road, shortly after 9am on Saturday.
West Yorkshire Police said: “Police are appealing for information after a woman’s body was found in water in Brighouse.
“Emergency services were called to the canal near Atlas Mill Road at just after 9am this morning by a caller reporting seeing a body in water there.
“Police, ambulance and fire services attended and located the body of an adult woman.
“The woman, who was aged in her 70s, was recovered from the water and enquiries have been ongoing at the scene.”
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