Emergency services recovered the body of a 55-year-old woman from a pool in Sandwell Valley Country Park in West Bromwich on Saturday afternoon, following her disappearance. West Midlands Police were called to Swan Pool at approximately 16:30 BST.
Specialist teams were deployed to search the water and found the woman's body. Authorities confirmed that nothing could be done to save her and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The death is not being treated as suspicious, and police will be working with the coroner. The force stated that it is providing support to the woman's family.
West Midlands Fire Service reported being alerted to a person in distress in the water at Swan Pool at 16:45 on Saturday. Crews, including water rescue specialists, responded within five minutes.
This incident marks the latest in a series of water-related fatalities during the recent hot weather. Earlier on Saturday, the body of 22-year-old Brody Leach was recovered from a river in Shrewsbury. He had reportedly entered the river in the early hours of Friday. Additionally, a man died at a beach in Essex on Friday, and another man was pronounced dead at Aberavon beach in Wales on Wednesday after encountering difficulties while swimming in the sea. Several deaths were also recorded during a previous hot spell in May, including that of a teenage girl in Warwickshire.