Body washes up near Newport Shores

A city utilities crew performing maintenance on a pump station in the Newport Shores area found a body floating in Lake Washington Wednesday mornin

A city utilities crew performing maintenance on a pump station in the Newport Shores area found a body floating in Lake Washington Wednesday morning.

After seeing the body floating face-down near the end of a dock at 10:10 a.m., the crew called 911. Bellevue police and the King County Medical Examiner arrived on the scene.

The initial examination of the body did not reveal cause or manner of death. Police could not positively identify the body and it was transported to Seattle for identification by the medical examiner.

Bellevue police could not be reached for comment.