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Death of man found on Cape Breton highway deemed suspicious

Emergency Health Services transported the male to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Cause of death has yet to be determined

CBC News ·

Cape Breton Regional Police are investigating after a man was found on a highway and was later declared dead at hospital early Sunday morning. 

Police were called around 3:37 a.m. to Highway 223 in Leitches Creek after someone reported finding a man on the highway. 

Police did not say what condition the man was in when they found him. 

He was taken to hospital where he was declared dead.

An autopsy is scheduled to happen later today in Halifax. 

More to come.