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Body found Tuesday morning near Allentown bridge

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Jason Addy
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LehighValleyNews.com
Allentown police, paramedics and firefighters worked for more than an hour Tuesday, May 28, to recover a body near the Hamilton Street Bridge.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Authorities are investigating after a body was recovered Tuesday morning near the Hamilton Street Bridge in Allentown.

City police, paramedics and firefighters were stationed at the southeastern corner of Fourth and Hamilton streets for more than an hour as they worked to pull a body from an area along the Jordan Creek, just south of the bridge.

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Jason Addy
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LehighValleyNews.com
Workers with the Lehigh County Coroner's Office prepare to load a body into a vehicle Tuesday, May 28, near the Hamilton Street Bridge.

The death “does not appear to be suspicious,” according to Assistant Chief Deputy Lehigh County Coroner Cassandra Schiffner.

Allentown EMS Chief Mehmet Barzev told LehighValleyNews.com the body was found on land and not in the creek.

Check back for updates to this developing story.