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Body found in Oroville drainage ditch

Oroville police officers responded to reports of a body found in a drainage ditch.

Posted: Mar 4, 2019 10:37 AM

Updated: Mar 4, 2019 4:21 PM

Posted By: Stephanie Schmieding

OROVILLE, Calif. - Oroville police officers responded to reports of a body found in a drainage ditch.

At around 7:56 a.m. on Monday, the Oroville Police Department received a call from an employee of Pastime Auto Wash reporting the body of a man facing down in a drainage ditch behind 1610 Olive Highway.

When police arrived on scene they confirmed that the man was deceased. The department has not released his identity, but they did say he was a homeless person with recent alcohol-related arrests.

Action News Now is working to learn more information.

Stay tuned for updates.

California Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 3573549

Reported Deaths: 52491

County	Cases	Deaths
Los Angeles	1192954	21467
Riverside	289773	3792
San Bernardino	286755	2940
Orange	261408	3921
San Diego	260625	3303
Santa Clara	110755	1781
Kern	103422	877
Fresno	95548	1443
Sacramento	93528	1484
Alameda	80777	1242
Ventura	77749	852
San Joaquin	66829	1126
Contra Costa	62720	681
Stanislaus	56235	949
Tulare	48013	761
Monterey	42261	328
San Mateo	39059	515
San Francisco	34291	422
Santa Barbara	32050	413
Solano	30115	164
Merced	29147	401
Sonoma	28193	298
Imperial	26909	635
Kings	22082	220
Placer	19861	232
San Luis Obispo	19696	235
Madera	15496	214
Santa Cruz	14671	183
Marin	13231	197
Yolo	12851	185
Shasta	11017	174
Butte	10970	163
El Dorado	9160	100
Napa	9053	69
Sutter	8880	97
Yuba	5773	37
San Benito	5772	61
Lassen	5624	19
Tehama	5086	52
Nevada	3972	74
Tuolumne	3960	59
Mendocino	3816	43
Amador	3466	41
Humboldt	3210	33
Lake	3164	41
Glenn	2230	23
Colusa	2136	13
Calaveras	1910	49
Siskiyou	1760	14
Inyo	1313	37
Mono	1214	4
Del Norte	1003	5
Plumas	653	6
Modoc	456	4
Mariposa	395	7
Trinity	370	5
Sierra	100	0
Alpine	82	0
Unassigned	0	0

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