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<p>WASHINGTON (WJLA) &#8212; 08/25/2014 &#8212; A person was found dead in a car submerged in the Potomac River off the<strong> George Washington Parkway near the Columbia Island Marina</strong> Sunday afternoon.</p>
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<p id="continue">Rescue crews and divers from the <strong>Arlington County Fire Department</strong> and the <strong>D.C. Fire Department</strong> have found one body.</p>
<p>The operator of a <strong>D.C. Duck Tours</strong> boat called authorities around noon Sunday saying there was a car submerged in the water near the <strong>Humpback Bridge and Interstate 395</strong> and that he could see the silhouette of a person.</p>
<p>Divers recovered the body around 1:30 p.m. The car was pulled from the water by 4 p.m.</p>
<p>Authorities are considering this as a suicide, but the investigation will continue.</p>
<p>&#8220;I started taking some photos of it as it was going down,&#8221; <a href="http://wtop.com/41/3687979/Vehicle-runs-off-George-Washington-Parkway-lands-in-Potomac-River#ixzz3BKov9hYn">witness John Gaile tells ABC7&#8217;s news partner WTOP radio</a>. &#8220;Within about a minute, it went 90 degrees and completely submerged. I did not see anybody come up.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gaile tells<strong> WTOP</strong> that some people on a boat jumped into the water, but &#8220;couldn&#8217;t find the car.&#8221;</p>
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