A man has died after being found unresponsive in a Hertfordshire canal this morning, Herts Police have confirmed.
Emergency services were seen near the Grand Union Canal by Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted, with areas taped off and officers standing guard on the tow path.
A force spokesperson told the Herts Advertiser: "Police were called at 5.53am this morning (August 18) to a report of a man found unresponsive in the canal on Lower Kings Road.
"Officers attended alongside the ambulance service but despite the best efforts of the emergency services, the man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
"Enquiries are underway to establish the circumstances of his death. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this sad time."
The man was in his 40s, they added.
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