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Sweetwater Road Park and Ride in National City. Photo credit: Screen shot, Google Street View

The California Highway Patrol continues to investigate the death of a man found in a Park & Ride lot in National City.

Shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, he was discovered inside a vehicle within the Sweetwater Road Park and Ride. CHP San Diego Area and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded, with medics pronouncing the man dead.

The cause of death and sequence of events are under investigation by the CHP. It is unknown if alcohol and/or drugs are a factor.

The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office.

Investigators ask anyone who has information about the incident to contact CHP San Diego Area at (858) 293-6000.