Body pulled from water near St. Helens
Deputies with the Columbia County Sheriff’s office pulled a body from the Columbia River on Sunday afternoon.
A fisherman called 911 just before 2 p.m. Sunday to report finding a body floating in the water on the Washington side of Sand Island near St. Helens.
The fisherman stayed at the scene until deputies arrived and could retrieve the body from the river.
The body was sent to the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s office to be identified.