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Police investigating death of injured man found on Cape Breton sidewalk

A man died after being fund injured on a sidewalk in Dominion, N.S. File/Global News

Police in Cape Breton are investigating the death of a man found injured early Sunday on a sidewalk in Dominion.

Cape Breton Regional Police say the 42-year-old man was found on Mitchell Avenue after police were dispatched to the area at 8:30 a.m.

The man was pronounced dead a short time after.

Read more: P.E.I. pedestrian struck by vehicle dies in hospital: Summerside police

Investigators say the cause of the man’s death had yet to be determined.

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The police force’s major crime unit has been called in to investigate.

An autopsy has also been ordered.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2021.

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