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The death of a man whose body was found outside a home in Byron isn’t suspicious, London police say.
Emergency crews were called at about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday to the 1400-block of Commissioners Road West, near Boler Road, for a report of an unresponsive man, police said.
The man was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead, police said. The man’s name hasn’t been made public by police.
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The death isn’t suspicious, police said on Wednesday. Investigators were continuing to work with the coroner’s officer to determine a cause of death.
Back-to-back impaired driving charges in Perth County
Two drivers on Perth County roads were arrested and charged with drug- and alcohol-related offences within a half hour of each other, police say.
Perth County Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped the first vehicle just after 2 a.m. last Saturday on Perth Line 55 in Perth East. The driver was displaying signs of impairment, police said, and a 33-year-old from Welland was arrested at the scene and charged with impaired driving, and failure or refusal to comply with a demand.
A second vehicle was stopped just after 2:30 a.m. on Wellington Street in Mitchell, and cocaine was found, police. A 22-year-old from Stratford was arrested and charged with impaired driving and drug possession, police said.
Perth County OPP noted the public can contact them if they see anything suspicious or suspect an impaired driver. Anyone with information about this, or any investigation, is asked to contact the Perth County OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or *677 via cellphone.
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