The dead person found in Mainz is a 62-year-old truck driver.
"According to the current state of the investigation, it is assumed that the deceased fell out of the driver's cab of his truck," said the chief public prosecutor of the Mainz public prosecutor's office, Andrea Keller, on Thursday.
How it came to the fall is still unclear.
Mainz - The preliminary autopsy report showed that a severe traumatic brain injury with blood loss led to the death of the 62-year-old.
The investigation continues.
The "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" had previously reported on the subject.
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Last Thursday evening, the police reported the discovery of a body in the area of a street in Mainz.
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According to the prosecutor, a work colleague is said to have been looking for the 62-year-old because he had not come to an appointment.
Then the man found the lifeless man and called the ambulance service.
When the police arrived, the man was reportedly dead. Dpa