Body pulled from Passaic River in Lyndhurst

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Authorities pulled a body from the Passaic River in Lyndhurst, just south of the Route 3 bridge, earlier today.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

12/13/2012 10:21 p.m.

A construction worker spotted the male body in the river between Rutherford and Lake Avenues, close to the overpass, around 11:20 this morning, Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He called Lyndhurst police, who notified county authorities.

The body was removed by the Bergen County Police Department’s Water Search & Recovery Unit and taken to the county Medical Examiner’s Office, Higgins said.

Circumstances surrounding the incident were being investigated.

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