Overview

• Witnesses alerted rescue crews at about 11:30 a.m. after spotting the body in the Ruhrschleuse at Kettwig.
• Feuerwehr Essen and Polizei Essen remain on site conducting the recovery operation that is still in progress.
• Officials have not released any details on the victim’s identity, though Essen police say the deceased is likely a man.
• Werdener Straße at the corner of Zur Alten Fähre has been closed to traffic to secure the area.
• This discovery is the latest in a series of unexplained waterway fatalities in German rivers and lakes since late 2024.