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| River body search 'not thorough' | River body search 'not thorough' |
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| Police are being urged to explain how a man's body lay undiscovered in a car in a river for a week. | Police are being urged to explain how a man's body lay undiscovered in a car in a river for a week. |
| On 8 December, a member of the public reported to police he had seen tyre tracks leading into the water at a bridge on the Moyola river. | On 8 December, a member of the public reported to police he had seen tyre tracks leading into the water at a bridge on the Moyola river. |
| Police checked the scene at Derrynoid Road, Draperstown, but found nothing. A dog-walker spotted the car on Saturday. | Police checked the scene at Derrynoid Road, Draperstown, but found nothing. A dog-walker spotted the car on Saturday. |
| Local District Policing Partnership chair Kate Lagan said she felt police searches had not been thorough enough. | |
| "There are deep concerns about their follow-up when police were notified there were skid marks at that particular point," said the SDLP councillor. | "There are deep concerns about their follow-up when police were notified there were skid marks at that particular point," said the SDLP councillor. |
| "There was very heavy rain and the river was swollen - the car was carried up to 300 metres from the bridge where it entered the river." | "There was very heavy rain and the river was swollen - the car was carried up to 300 metres from the bridge where it entered the river." |
| The dead man was single and in his 40s. It is not believed he had been reported missing. | The dead man was single and in his 40s. It is not believed he had been reported missing. |
| Tyre tracks | Tyre tracks |
| Police said in a statement that the incident was being treated as a road traffic collision. | Police said in a statement that the incident was being treated as a road traffic collision. |
| "A member of the public reported to police on the afternoon of 8 December that he had come across tyre tracks at a bridge but could not see a vehicle. | "A member of the public reported to police on the afternoon of 8 December that he had come across tyre tracks at a bridge but could not see a vehicle. |
| "Police attended and checked the scene, however at that time there was no evidence that a vehicle had entered the river and no vehicle was discovered. | "Police attended and checked the scene, however at that time there was no evidence that a vehicle had entered the river and no vehicle was discovered. |
| "Following a report on Saturday afternoon by a member of the public that a vehicle was in the river some distance from the bridge, officers recovered a vehicle and the body of a male." | "Following a report on Saturday afternoon by a member of the public that a vehicle was in the river some distance from the bridge, officers recovered a vehicle and the body of a male." |
| A spokesperson said detectives could not comment further until investigations were completed. | A spokesperson said detectives could not comment further until investigations were completed. |
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