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Gillingham man found dead in stolen car
Near a Tesco superstore, a man’s body was discovered on a busy roundabout. Police are currently looking into the tragic discovery.
The body was found on Friday about noon in Gillingham, Kent. Around the Bowaters Roundabout, a lot of emergency services were visible, including police, fire engines, and ambulances.
The death is still being investigated by Kent Police, and it is considered “unexplained”. It’s unclear who the man is or how old he is.
Police were on the location in the hours following the horrific discovery, an eyewitness told Kent Online. The witness reportedly reported seeing at least one fire engine and a private ambulance.
The body was located on the bushes and trees-filled Bowaters Roundabout, however it is unknown who found it. The Tesco superstore, B&Q, Aldi, and McDonald’s are all close to the roundabout.
“Kent Police was called just after midday today (Friday, October 27) to reports the body of a man had been found on Bowaters Roundabout, Gillingham,” a spokeswoman for the force stated. Officers are currently conducting preliminary inquiries and treating the man’s death as unexplained.
There is no current inquiry into missing persons that is thought to be connected to the tragedy.
The cause of the fire is being looked into.
Gillingham police are looking into a vehicle fire that started, but they are unable to rule out the possibility that the fire was started intentionally or accidentally. The Dorset Police team was alerted to the fire on the road between Milton Abbas and Bourton at about 2:30 pm on Sunday, June 30, and they are now looking for witnesses to the incident.
The event concerned a white Ford van that caught fire in the layby on Fantley Lane, a little distance outside of Silton. Traffic was barred from the road while emergency personnel battled the fire.
The fire department put out the fire and made arrangements for the car to be recovered. An inquiry is in progress to ascertain the origin of the fire.
Officers are now pleading with anyone who knows anything to come forward. “At this time the cause of the fire has not been confirmed and we are unable to say whether it was deliberate or accidental,” North Dorset Police Constable Ed Lewis stated.
“We are in the process of conducting investigations to determine the facts, and I kindly ask anyone who has any information about suspicious activity in the area or dashcam footage to come forwards.”
If you have any information, please get in touch with Dorset Police by phoning 101 and mentioning occurrence number 55220068133, emailing 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk, or visiting www.dorset.police.uk/contact. Alternatively, you can reach the independent charity Crimestoppers by phoning Freephone 0800 555 111 or by making an anonymous online donation at Crimestoppers-uk.org.
The body of a man in his 50s has been found in a town centre.
An elderly man’s body was discovered in Gillingham’s Green Street.
Police were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Green Street, Gillingham at 1.22pm yesterday (June 26).
Officers and paramedics attended and a man in his 50s was confirmed to be deceased.
His death is being treated as non-suspicious and a report has been completed for the coroner.
The body of a man in his 50s has been found in a town centre.
Police were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Green Street, Gillingham at 1.22pm yesterday
When police and paramedics arrived, it was determined that the man, who was in his 50s, had died.
His death is being investigated as non-suspicious, and the coroner has received a completed report.
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