The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a 45-year-old man was found dead outside a Woodstock, Ont. hospital after a police officer spoke to him over the phone.

The Special Investigations Unit looks into cases involving police where there’s been death, sexual assault or serious injury. The agency didn’t reveal details about the circumstances of the man’s death, nor did it explain how police may have allegedly played a role.

The Ontario Provincial Police asked Woodstock police for help finding the man on Wednesday, said the SIU in a press release Friday.

A Woodstock Police Service officer was able to reach the man by phone, the SIU said. The press release didn’t clarify when the phone call happened, and the SIU wasn’t immediately available for comment.

The man was found inside a parked car outside Woodstock General Hospital at about 7:30 a.m. Friday. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said the SIU.

The unit said it was investigating one subject officer and speaking with four witness officers. All are from the Woodstock Police Service.

The agency has assigned three investigators and two forensic investigators to the case. Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact them at 1-800-787-8529, or to upload any video of the incident through the SIU website.

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