Overview
- West Yorkshire Police were called at about 6:45pm on Sunday, December 7, to Hirst Mill Crescent in Saltaire after reports that a car had gone into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
- A silver Range Rover Evoque was found submerged and officers entered the water, with PC Everett bringing the driver to the towpath.
- CPR was administered until paramedics arrived, but the 74-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Police are treating the incident as a fatal road traffic collision and have begun forensic and witness inquiries.
- Witnesses are asked to contact West Yorkshire Police via 101 or live chat quoting log 1396 of December 7, with a separate investigation under way after a brick struck the same patrol’s vehicle in Highfield roughly 30 minutes earlier.