Coroner confirms woman’s body recovered after car goes into icy Ohio River
By Emily Sanderson
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CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A woman has died after emergency crews recovered a car that was seen on video going into the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati Wednesday, according to the Hamilton County coroner.
The coroner said a 39-year-old woman from Northern Kentucky died after the car was removed from the icy river Wednesday. The coroner ruled the incident an apparent suicide.
The call came in around 5 p.m., for a report of a car going into the Ohio River from a ramp on Broadway Street, near Great American Ball Park.
Boone County Water Rescue and Cincinnati dive teams were seen along the water throughout the night, before crews began to pull the car out of the river around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
The video shows a white SUV go into the water and then begin to float along the river.
According to police radio communications, a witness saw the car go into the water and then called 911. Officers then reviewed camera footage and confirmed the car had gone into the water.
“Maybe 30 miles an hour. It was not coasting in. It was going in pretty quick,” a dispatcher told an officer.
Cincinnati police said the car appeared to enter the water through a dock that is not meant to be accessible to the public. It’s not clear how the car gained access to that area.
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