Crime & Safety
Body Of Bucks County Man Found In Delaware Canal
A 73-year-old man was found dead Thursday morning in part of the Delaware canal in Washington Crossing, police said.
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA — The body of a Bucks County man was found in the Delaware canal Thursday morning, according to Upper Makefield police.
Police said the body was found at about 10:25 a.m. Thursday near the 1000 block of Taylorsville Road in area of the Delaware canal.
Officers found a man dead in the water.
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Action News reports the man was identified as 73-year-old Leland Smeltz, of Langhorne.
The death is not considered suspicious, police said.
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The Bucks County Coroner’s Officer is investigating the man's cause of death, police said.
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