SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Crews have recovered a body from a shallow area near the east bank of the Willamette River in Salem.

Salem Fire Deputy Chief Gabe Benmoussa told the Statesman Journal that a water rescue team on Friday recovered the body of a man possibly in his 40s.

Benmoussa says the circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately clear.

Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com

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