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Search crews pull the body of a young man from a river in Chilliwack, B.C.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 May, 2020 10:29 PM

The body of a 22-year-old South Asian man who was last seen swimming with friends in a Chilliwack, B.C., river has been found.

RCMP say the man's friends reported that he entered the Vedder River on Monday night and became distressed. Police say the friends tried to pull the man from the water without success.

The body was discovered by Chilliwack Search and Rescue crews on Tuesday.

Police say the man is a South Asian national from India. Both the RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the death

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