UPPER MAKEFIELD, Pa. (WPVI) -- Police in Upper Makefield, Bucks County have identified the body found in the Delaware Canal, adjacent to the Delaware River.
Chopper 6 was over the scene in the area of Taylorsville Road just after 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Police and firefighters were responding to reports of a missing fisherman.
They soon found the body of 73-year-old Leland Smeltz of Langhorne.
Investigators believe he suffered some kind of medical event before falling into the water around 10:30 a.m.
His death does not appear to be suspicious, police said.
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The coroner's office is investigating the cause of death.