An investigation is underway after a person’s physique was pulled from water close to a South Australian boat ramp on Saturday morning.
Emergency crews had been referred to as to the boat ramp at Solomontown in Port Pirie, three hours north of Adelaide, about 6am after the person was noticed.
The 50-year-old from Port Pirie West was declared deceased on the scene, with CCTV footage from a close-by enterprise exhibiting that man was alive simply half-hour earlier.
SA Police mentioned the demise shouldn’t be being handled as suspicious at this stage of the investigation however a trigger would must be decided by the coroner.
Officers had been reportedly taking photos of a pushbike close to the boat ramp although it’s unclear whether or not it belonged to the deceased.
One native who was out strolling her canine close to the scene mentioned whereas she didn’t know the person, she hoped his household could possibly be ‘comforted’.
‘Issues like this do not occur usually … We’re a tight-knit group and that is going to make a giant wave,’ she instructed The Adelaide Advertiser.
The realm was briefly cordoned off to the general public on Saturday as detectives scoured the scene and divers searched the water however was reopened by mid-afternoon.
Anybody with data is requested to contact police.
Police seen standing guard on the boat ramp the place a person’s physique was present in Port Pirie
