Jennifer Millman

Dead Man Found on Bench Inside NYC Playground

Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found face down on a park bench in a neighborhood playground in Queens early Monday. 

Cops got a 911 call about an unresponsive man on a bench inside Moore Hemstead Playground near 82nd Street and Broadway shortly after 6 a.m. Emergency crews pronounced him dead at the scene. 

The man, who has not been identified, had no obvious signs of trauma to his body, police said. 

The medical examiner will determine how he died. 

Cops say their investigation is ongoing. 

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