A police investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in water close to the Humber Bridge.
The body was seen in the water near to a pathway regularly used by runners, cyclists and dog walkers that runs between Hessle Foreshore and North Ferriby Foreshore on Wednesday evening.
Officers are not treating the death as suspicious but have so far been unable to identify the man.
Recent missing persons reports are now being studied.
A Humberside Police spokesman said: "We were called at 5.25pm on Wednesday, after reports of a body in the water at Hessle Foreshore.
"Police attended the scene and a cordon was put in place while the body of a man was recovered from the water.
"Enquiries are taking place to identify the man and how he may have entered the water.
"The death is not believed to have been suspicious."
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