Crews recover car in river

Crews worked recover a submerged vehicle in the Spokane River on Friday.

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Fri., June 1, 2018

A water rescuer waits near the wreckage of a car that was caught in the branches of a riverside tree in the Spokane River near Sinto and Helena, close to the Mission Ave. bridge in east Spokane Friday, June 1, 2018.

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Spokane Police officer Ben Maplethorpe confirms to the family and friends of the owner of a crashed car pulled from the Spokane River that there was a deceased person inside the white Ford Edge after it was pulled from the water Friday, June 1, 2018. The car had crashed into the river late on April 21, but recovery was hampered by high and fast running water. Maplethorpe stopped short of making an official confirmation of identity.

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The top glass top of a crashed car is seen tangled in a tree submerged in the Spokane River before being pulled from the river near the Mission Avenue bridge with a deceased person inside Friday, June 1, 2018. The car had crashed into the river late on April 21, but recovery was hampered by high and fast running water. The police stopped short of making an official confirmation of identity, but it appears that the driver was the victim and that he drove into the water at high speed.

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The family and friends of the driver of a crashed car pulled from the Spokane River wait for news as a white Ford Edge is pulled up the bank of the Spokane River Friday, June 1, 2018. The car had crashed into the river late on April 21, but recovery was hampered by high and fast running water. Maplethorpe stopped short of making an official confirmation of identity.

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