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OPP investigating sudden death just outside Elora

Unspecified incident took place Thursday afternoon on Irvine River
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Irvine River. GuelphToday file photo.

ELORA – Local OPP are investigating what they called a "sudden death" on the Irvine River.

In a video on the OPP West Region Twitter account, Wellington OPP media officer Joshua Cunningham said one person is dead in an unspecified incident on the Irvine River in Salem on Thursday. 

He said emergency services responded at about 2:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon to a potentially injured person in the river.

When investigators and emergency responders arrived, one person was pronounced deceased.

Investigation into the incident is ongoing.