Body Found in Hialeah Canal: Officials

A body was found in a canal off of Okeechobee Road, officials said

Authorities said the body of a man was found in a canal off of Okeechobee Road in Hialeah Sunday.

Officials were responding to a call of an injured man in the canal but when they arrived on the scene found the body of a man around 50 or 60 years old, Hialeah Police spokesman Eddie Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said they were in the process of collecting evidence from the scene to help identify the man.

No further information was released.

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