Police swarm Leeds Street as the man’s body is found on Elland Road

Police have swarmed a street in Leeds after a man’s body was found in nearby land.

West Yorkshire Police attended Elland Road in Churwell after the discovery was made at 3.10pm yesterday (Wednesday June 20). A report of a safety concern was initially passed on to the force.

Paramedics have sadly confirmed that the man has died. Crime scene investigators set up a tent and investigated the scene into the evening.

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The death is not being treated as suspicious and the man is believed to have died following a “medical episode”.

One resident said: “There was a white tent over the body and a lot of police presence! It was close to the car garage at the bottom of Churwell Hill.”

A spokesman for the force said: “Police were called to reports of concern for safety after the body of a man was found in a field near Elland Road, Churwell, at 3.10pm yesterday.

“Colleagues from the Ambulance confirmed that the man died. The death is not being treated as suspicious and is believed to be the result of a medical episode.”

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