OAKLAND — Children playing along a Dimond Park creek found a man Monday afternoon who may have hit his head and drowned in the shallow waterway between late Sunday and early Monday morning.

At about 3 p.m., the children found the man, a white male or Latino, whose identify has not been released.

They alerted a Dimond Recreation Center worker, who alerted authorities.

The man was fully clothed and with all his valuables, police said.

He may have fallen into the creek near the Sequoia picnic area, hit his head on the rocks and drowned, police said. Beer and alcohol were found near his body, police said.

The 14-acre city park is bordered by Fruitvale Avenue and Park Boulevard.



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