Police: Man found dead in truck parked in middle of road

ATLANTA - Police are investigating after a man was found dead inside a truck in Atlanta early Tuesday morning. 

A police officer found a grey pickup truck parked in the middle of the road along Metropolitan Parkway at St. Johns Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. The officer then discovered the body of an adult male lying on the floorboard inside of the vehicle.

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According to Atlanta Police, the officer was doing impound paperwork when he smelled something from inside the truck. 

Investigators said the body appeared to have been dead for a while and think the truck had been in the road for several hours.