Body of 17-year-old McKeesport boy recovered from Monongahela River
The body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered from the Monongahela River overnight, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner.
Benjerman T.N. Coleman of McKeesport went into the water around 8:15 p.m. Friday in the area of Harrison Street in Glassport. Search and rescue boats spent several hours looking for him in a stretch of the river near the Glassport Borough Sewage Plant and just south of the Mansfield Bridge.
Coleman was found overnight and pronounced dead at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner.
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