The body of a man was found early Tuesday morning under a freeway overpass near Mission Hills.

The fatality was reported shortly after 5 a.m. near the offramp from northbound Interstate 5 to West Washington Street, according to the California Highway Patrol.

San Diego Police Officer Dan Lasher said someone reported a 57- year-old man had stopped breathing on India Street, which runs parallel to the freeway in that area.

The cause of the man’s death was not immediately clear.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.