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OPP Identifies Mapleton Township Man Pulled From Pond

The OPP has identified the 76-year-old man who was pulled from a pond in Wellington North.

George Sauder of Mapleton Township disappeared while operating a lawn mower that went into the pond around 4:30pm yesterday afternoon.

Police and firefighters from Centre Wellington and Wellington North responded to a call around 4:30pm yesterday afternoon to a property along Concession 2 of Wellington North.

The pond was partially drained, and a body was recovered.

A post mortem is to be conducted later today.

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