No body found after fire dept. wraps search for woman said to have fallen in river

The Saskatoon Fire Department says no body was found Sunday after crewsfinished searching the South Saskatchewan River for a woman said to have fallen in the water.

A witness standing on the east riverbank at about 6:30 a.m. CST told emergency services he saw a woman fall from the pedestrian walkway under the Circle Drive Bridge and fall into the water.

Crewsidentified a part of the walkway under the bridgewhere they think the person might have fallen in.The snow in that area had been disturbed, but crews said they were not sure that was the location because the area is a popular walking spot and someone else could have moved it.

The Saskatoon Fire Department wrapped up its initial search of the area before 11:30 a.m. CST.

Saskatoon police Staff Sgt. Maj. Grant Obstsaid police werechecking missing persons reports to see if any cases could be related.

"We're hoping that if somebody is missingsomebody they'll let us know, but at this point we've got very little to go on," said Obst.

He said thepolice air support unit willbe usedand expectsthey willdedicate as much time as possible to continuing the search.

When similar cases have arisen in the past,Obst said the airplane has travelledup to 70 kilometres down the river to search.