SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man in his 30s was found dead Monday in a vacant lot in Linda Vista, authorities confirmed.
A 911 caller reported shortly before 10 a.m. that a person had been discovered in a hole or tunnel-like cavity in the ground in a hilly open area near the intersection of Osler and Ulric streets, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Emergency crews arrived to find what was described as a small cave that was built under a tree.
Crews were able to extricate the man from the hole, but he was was pronounced dead at the scene, SDFD officials said.
The cause of the man’s death was not immediately known.
SDFD officials did not believe the man’s death was suspicious in nature.
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