A man has died in an incident in Serpentine Road, Cleckheaton.

Read more: Neighbours speak of mystery surrounding Cleckheaton man's death

Police say they were called at 2.50am today to the street to a report of an unconscious man on the pavement.

Paramedics also attended at the scene and the man was pronounced deceased a short time later.

The body is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be a man in his 40s.

The death is being treated as unexplained pending a post mortem examination, but at this time there are no suspicious circumstances to the death. A white tent has been erected on site.

A crime scene investigation team are also reportedly on the scene and a coroner's van has arrived.

When the Telegraph & Argus visited the scene, police were guarding the damaged door of a house near to where the man was found.

Local people had reported that the incident could have been a road accident.

The incident scene is just outside the Tesco store and petrol station.

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