Niagara Police investigating death of elderly man in Pelham

Niagara Regional Police are investigating an overnight death in Pelham.

Officers were called to the area of Highway 20 and Cream St. for a welfare check around 2 a.m. Friday.

They found an elderly man with serious injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

@NiagRegPolice has blocked off a portion of Highway 20 in Pelham, between Balfour and Centre Street because of an investigation involving the death of an elder man.Police say officers responded to a welfare check overnight and the found the man dead @CHCHNews pic.twitter.com/zPQElZIOyM

— Jason Gaidola (@JGaidolaCHCH) October 2, 2020

Niagara detectives and members of the collision reconstruction unit are at the scene.

Police say the circumstances of the death remain under investigation.

Anyone with information or who may have been in the area at the time is asked to contact detectives at 905-688-4111, option 3, ext. 9134.