Body Pulled From The Passaic River Near New Milford: Police

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A man's body was pulled from the Passaic River in Elmwood Park Friday night, police said in a report.

Elmwood Park Police responded to a report from four men who were fishing in the river near Linwood Avenue who showed police a body floating face down near the river's bank, according to a NorthJersey.com report.

The Bergen County Sheriff's Department BCI Unit found the body was a man, possibly in his 20s, the Elmwood Park Police said in the report.

Authorities sent the body to the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office for investigation and identification.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Elmwood Park Police Department at 201-796-0700.

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