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Woman's body found in stream at Nant Ffrancon, Bethesda | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was recovered from a fast-flowing stream in Gwynedd. | |
They were called to the incident at Nant Ffrancon in Bethesda at 15:37 GMT on Monday. | |
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue also attended but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
Ogwen Valley spokesman Paul Smith said: "It seems the woman had gone out to check the water supply to her house." | |
"A little while later her partner noticed she had gone and raised the alarm," he told BBC Wales. | |
"The place she was found is just 50 metres from her house. It's a small stream that runs off the mountain - about half a metre wide and three quarters of a metre deep - but it was in full flow. | |
"All the emergency services attended. The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation was called because of the off-road location and because we have specialist expertise in swift water rescue. | |
"In the event, we were stood down fairly quickly because the other emergency services were able to deal with the incident." | |
North Wales Police said they were investigating the death but were unable to confirm any details of the circumstances. |