Police find man, 26, who jumped to his death from cliff face into Hawesbury River

Police divers find body in the Hawkesbury River after man, 26, ‘jumped off a cliff face and did not resurface’

  • Emergency crews were called to the river near Leets Vale on Saturday afternoon 
  • They found the body of the 26-year-old man submerged in the river at 6.30pm    
  • He is yet to be formally identified and a report will be prepared for the Coroner 

Police divers have found the body of a man who jumped off a cliff face into the Hawkesbury River and did not resurface.

Emergency services were called to the river near the small village of Leets Vale on Saturday just before 3pm following reports a man jumped off a cliff face into the water and did not resurface. 

Police divers found the body of the man, who is believed to be 26, submerged in the river just after 6.30pm.

Police divers found the body of the man, who is believed to be 26, submerged in the Hawkesbury River (pictured) just after 6.30pm 

He is yet to be formally identified.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner. 

More to come.  

Emergency services were called to the river near the small village of Leets Vale following reports a man jumped off a cliff face into the water and did not resurface

 Emergency services were called to the river near the small village of Leets Vale following reports a man jumped off a cliff face into the water and did not resurface

 

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