Port Macquarie Police have launched an investigation after a man’s body was found following a suspected balcony fall.
Police say that at around 8.45pm last night, emergency services responded to reports that a man had set fire to a chair on the balcony of a unit on Hill Street, Port Macquarie.
“A short time later, officers found a 54-year-old man with a fire extinguisher lying in a garden bed below the balcony,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“NSW Ambulance paramedics attempted to revive the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man’s death under Strike Force Fernyhough.
As inquiries continue, anyone with information about the man’s death is urged to contact Port Macquarie Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
