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Man hospitalized early Wednesday after being pulled from Spokane River

Police were called to this area off Upriver Drive near Stone Street Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, where a caller reported a seriously injured man partially submerged in the Spokane River. (Jonathan Glover / The Spokesman-Review)

A man was hospitalized early Wednesday morning with serious injuries after a jogger found him partially submerged in the Spokane River.

Spokane police were called to the scene at about 7:30 a.m. on Upriver Drive and Stone Street, where they found the man with life-threatening injuries, said Officer Benjamin Maplethorpe.

Maplethorpe said police have not identified the cause of the man’s injuries. No person of interest has yet been identified.

Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.