UNSUSPECTING parking inspectors have twice issued a car with parking tickets despite the fact that the driver was dead in the front seat.

Mamadou Barry’s lifeless body was found late yesterday in his vehicle in quiet New York suburb, displaying two infringement notices.

The Mirror reports one of the tickets was found inside his car and the other was found on the windscreen.

He was fined for parking on the wrong side of the road facing the wrong direction.

Locals say an inspector even fined vehicles in front of and behind Barry’s car but not his on another occasion.

“He was a good guy,” said his nephew Mamdou Balde said.

His roommate last saw him on Monday and told police Barry said was going to take himself to the hospital as he felt unwell.

It’s understood Barry died of natural causes.

Police are investigating why the inspectors failed to notice the 47 year old or wether they thought he was still alive.