Man found at roadside died of head injury - police

A picture of the A47 near King's Lynn. The two-lane road is next to a ditch with icy water at the bottom. On the right hand side, the rod is flanked by trees. The road is almost empty, but there is one car travelling towards the camera. Two other cars can be seen in the distance.
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A stretch of the A47 was closed for several hours while police carried out an investigation

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Police have said a man whose body was found beside a major road died from a "head injury".

Emergency services were called to the A47 near King's Lynn at about 09:22 GMT on Monday.

Norfolk Police said a Home Office post-mortem examination took place on Tuesday and the preliminary findings were that the man, aged in his 20s, died as "a result of a head injury".

The force said the death was still being treated as unexplained and it was "working to understand the full circumstances".

Earlier in the week, officers appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage showing a man walking along the A47 Pullover Road, at Tilney All Saints, in the early hours.

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