Homeless man found dead of suspected overdose on East River walkway in Upper Manhattan

A stateless antheral was recovered dormant of a suspected overdose Friday sitting connected a seat adjacent to his buying cart on a fashionable East River walkway successful Upper Manhattan, constabulary said.

A jogger spotted the unidentified antheral unconscious astatine a makeshift encampment connected Bobby Wagner Walk adjacent E. 112th St. successful East Harlem and called 911 astir 3:30 p.m., said police.

Medics pronounced the unfortunate dormant astatine the scene, they said.

A lifeless antheral was discovered connected the Bobby Wagner Walk of the East River Esplanade astatine East113 street, Manhattan. (Sam Costanza for the New York Daily News)

The man’s assemblage remained successful a sitting presumption connected a parkland seat for hours aft constabulary arrived. He had covered himself successful a achromatic expanse and was hunched implicit a buying cart that contained a container filled with bottles and cans.

A constabulary root told the Daily News that investigators fishy helium died of a cause overdose.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner volition contented an authoritative origin of decease pursuing an autopsy.

Bobby Wagner Walk forms the information of the East River Esplanade that extends from E. 90th St. to E. 125th St.