A body was found inside a van that was pulled out of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor just before noon Thursday, police said.

The Baltimore Police Underwater Recovery Team and the Baltimore City Fire Department were notified of a vehicle potentially submerged in the harbor at 9:30 a.m.

They recovered the vehicle hours later approximately 22 feet underwater at 501 E. Pratt St., behind the National Aquarium annex on Pier IV.

After police divers hooked a tow line to the vehicle, a large tow truck pulled the Honda minivan, which was covered in muck with battered windows, closer to the shore and lifted it out of the water.

The area was surrounded by police tape after authorities found the human remains inside the vehicle. The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause and manner of death.

The vehicle, which has the logo and number for Silver Taxi Cab Service of Waldorf, was loaded onto a tow truck.

Multiple attempts to reach Silver Taxi Cab Service for comment were unsuccessful.

Onlookers watched in the 90-degree heat as nearly a dozen divers from the Baltimore Police Underwater Recovery Team, police officers and firefighters responded to the scene.

Police investigated the scene for about two hours before the tow truck, with the car attached, drove away from the harbor.

One onlooker stayed the entire time, occasionally taking photos and videos.

Baltimore Banner reporters Lillian Reed and Bria Overs contributed to this report.