A man, believed to be in his 60s, has died in hospital after being pulled from the water at Danson Park, in Welling, south east London, Scotland Yard said.
He was rushed to hospital and died there as the country is gripped by freezing temperatures.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at approximately 15.55 on Wednesday, 28 February to reports of a man in the water at Danson Park in Bexleyheath.
“Officers and London’s Air Ambulance attended.
“The man, believed to be aged in his 60s, was recovered from the water and taken to a south London hospital where he died.
“His next of kin are aware. The death is being treated unexplained.”
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