Body Pulled From Allegheny River After Search For Missing Boater

ALLEGHENY COUNTY (KDKA) -- A body was pulled from the Allegheny River.

Officials were patrolling the Allegheny River for a possible missing boater on Thursday.

The man was identified has John Kenawell, age 76 of Baldwin.

The Valley News Dispatch reports that police and fire rescue units were searching the Allegheny River between Oakmont and Harmar.

Crews on boats were seen searching the Allegheny and atop the Hulton Bridge shortly after 1 p.m.

The medical examiner has ruled Kenawell's death an accident.

Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs told the Valley Dispatch News that there was an untethered, unoccupied boat that officials were checking to make sure someone wasn't in it.