Body found behind dumpster off Frood Road in Sudbury, police investigating sudden death

Police and paramedics were called to Ghandi Lane and Frood Road on Wednesday afternoon after a body was found behind a dumpster and officials say a sudden death investigation is underway. An area of Ghandi Lane next to a building on Frood Road has been cordoned off with police caution tape near a dumpster Wednesday afternoon. Jan.

17/24 (Alana Everson/CTV Northern Ontario) CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca video journalist Alana Everson arrived on scene around 3:20 p.m. Jan.

17. Photos at the scene show an ambulance parked in the lane between two buildings - one business and another that appears to be a multi-unit residential building. Several police cars parked along Frood Road, including the forensic unit as investigators processed the scene.

Everson said she was driving on Frood Road just after 3 p.m. when she saw two people waving down an ambulance near a dumpster on Ghandi Lane. Police followed right behind the ambulance and set up the caution tape. A source at the scene told CTV News a body was seen behind the dumpster.

Staff Sgt. Sherry Young told CTV News in a phone interview Greater Sudbury Police Service is investigating a sudden death at the scene, but said she could not give any further details. No word on the cause of death.

The warmest temperature in Greater Sudbury on Wednesday was -10 C around 3 p.m., but felt like -17 C with the windchill with light snow most of the day, according to Environment Canada. The low temperature was on Wednesday morning when it reached -21 C with the windchill. Police and paramedics arrive at alley between two businesses on Frood Road.

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17/24 (Alana Everson/CTV Northern Ontario) Part of Ghandi Lane off of Frood Road is cordoned off with police caution tape near a dumpster at the side of a building. Jan.

17/24 (Alana Everson/CTV Northern Ontario) Sudbury police forensic unit parked on Frood Road near a dumpster on Ghandi Lane that has been cordoned off with yellow police caution tape. Jan.

17/24 (Alana Everson/CTV Northern Ontario)