Fall kills overseas visitor to Hamilton

Phillipa Yalden/Fairfax NZ

Police stand guard on Hillsborough Tce in Hamilton where a man died after falling from a bank onto the road.

Police are working to identify an overseas businessman who died in Hamilton after falling down steep bank and over a 5 metre retaining wall onto the road.

The 32-year-old man was found unconscious with head injuries on Hillsborough Tce, in central Hamilton about 1am.

St John Ambulance received a call from a passing motorist who reported a man was lying on the road.

Police said an ambulance crew attended but were unable to save the man who died at the scene.

Waikato Police spokesman Andrew McAlley said police were treating the death as unexplained and were keeping an "open mind" about what had occured.

Detectives would be undertaking an area canvas of the neighbourhood to determine the path that led to the man's death.

This would include reviewing CCTV footage and speaking to owners of bars and businesses in the central business district.

He said police were still working to find out where the man was staying and how long he was in the country.

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Fall kills overseas visitor to Hamilton