The body of a dead man has been found in a park in Leamington.

The OPP say they were called around 11:30 a.m Friday after a man was found lying on the ground near the baseball diamond at Mersea Park, near Point Pelee Drive and Mersea Road.

He has been identified as 56-year-old George Weldon of Leamington.

Police believe he was the driver of a vehicle that crashed around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The single vehicle collision occurred on Bevel Line near Monarch Lane in Leamington, which is about 800 metres from where the body was found.

OPP members conducted an extensive search for the driver of the vehicle at the time of the collision, but could not find him.

The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) attended the scene to complete the investigation.