It took firefighters two hours to recover the body of the 50-year-old man.
SPRINGFIELD - No foul play is expected in the death of a 50-year-old man whose body was found at the bottom of a steep cliff off St. James Avenue Saturday.
The Hampden Medical Examiner will determine the reason for the death of the man, but the cause of his death is not suspicious, Ryan Walsh, spokesman for Springfield Police, said.
The man, whose name has not been released yet, was found around 11 a.m. behind the Big Y and near 1090 St. James Ave., officials said.
The Springfield Fire Department assisted the police department with the rescue operation, Dennis G. Leger, department spokesman said.
The man was found at the bottom of a steep cliff, where a brook is located making the operation difficult. It took firefighters two hours to recover the man, he said.