Hire boater death

Published: Friday, 04 October 2019

A HIRE boater has fallen to his death in the Shrophire Union Canal.

It is understood he was near Lock 14 at Audlem and fell into the water last Friday night, Adrian Whiting reports.

Body recovered

Both the ambulance and fire services attended and a body was recovered from the water around midnight with the crews leaving around dawn.

There is no information regarding either the crew or the boat hire company.