Police and ambulance service called to Sheffield street after man’s body discovered

A member of the public discovered the body of a man in a Sheffield street, it has emerged today.
By Claire Lewis
Published 6th Nov 2020, 13:15 BST
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South Yorkshire Police said the grim discovery was made at 7am on Monday, October 28 in the Roman Ridge Road area of Wincobank.

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The member of the public who found the body raised the alarm and both Yorkshire Ambulance Service and South Yorkshire Police responded.

A man's body was found by a member of the public on a street in Sheffield but the death is not being treated as suspicious (Image: Getty)A man's body was found by a member of the public on a street in Sheffield but the death is not being treated as suspicious (Image: Getty)
A man's body was found by a member of the public on a street in Sheffield but the death is not being treated as suspicious (Image: Getty)

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Enquiries have been carried out and the death is not being treated as suspicious.

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The man is believed to have been in his 50s.

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