Police are investigating the suspected drowning of a 21-year-old woman in Mississauga on Saturday night.

Police were called to the mouth of Credit River in Mississauga just before 11 p.m. Saturday, said Const. Akhil Mooken, Peel Regional Police.

The woman was pulled from the river near the area of Lakeshore Road West and Hurontario Street by firefighters.

“It took approximately 40 minutes for them to locate her and remove her,” Mooken said.

The woman was found without vital signs and was pronounced dead at the scene.

An adult man who was with the victim called emergency services, but the relationship between the victim and the man has not been determined, Mooken said.

Police did not disclose how far from the shore the woman was found and whether drowning was the cause of death.

The pier is closed to the public as the investigation continues.

Margaryta Ignatenko is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @MargarytaIgnat1

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