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Man arrested after body found on side of the A47

DJ McLaren/BBC A green road sign which reads "King's Lynn" and "A47"DJ McLaren/BBC
A man in his 20s was found dead next to the A47

A man has been arrested after a dead body was discovered at the side of the A47.

Norfolk Police launched an investigation on 2 December after a man in his 20s was found next to the road in King's Lynn at about 09:20 GMT.

The road was closed between the Pullover roundabout and the Tilney All Saints roundabout until about 17:00 GMT.

A man in his 60s has been arrested in Reading on suspicion of causing death by careless driving, failing to stop and failing to report a collision.

He is being taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.

Clare Worden/BBC Pullover Road, which is where the man's body was found. It is a two-lane road with trees overhanging it on one side and a ditch next to farmland on the other Clare Worden/BBC
The road was closed for several hours last Monday

According to the preliminary findings of a Home Office post-mortem examination, the man died from a head injury.

Police had appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage of a man walking along the A47 at Tilney All Saints in the early hours to get in touch.

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