2 bodies discovered in car near school in North End

Winnipeg police are investigating aftera Chevrolet sedancontaining two male bodies was foundon a street near a school in Winnipeg's North End.

Police are callingita "sudden death" investigation but have yet to releasedetails about cause of death.

"Further analysis of the vehicle, the positive identity of the deceased, notifications and autopsy results are still pending," said a Winnipeg police news release.

Emergency workers were called to the scene on College Avenue near Machray Schoolat 10:35 a.m.on Monday after a member of the publicreported seeing the bodies in a car.

A construction worker atMachraySchool first noticed something suspicious about the vehicle, saidTed Zoske, who lives near the crime scene.

According toZoske, the worker thought occupants in the car were smoking marijuana and that's whythe windows were foggy.

"When he wiped the window to look in, he was a little surprised at what he found," he said.

"It's normally a pretty quiet neighbourhood," Zoskeadded.

During the course of Monday's investigation,policedusted the car for fingerprintsand thencovered the windows with black garbage bags.The car was towed away on a flatbed truck.

Police said there does not appear to be any threat to public safety at this time.

2 bodies discovered in car near school in North End

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Winnipeg police are investigating after a car containing two male bodies was found on College Avenue near Machray School in Winnipeg's North End.