GRIMSBY, Ont. -- Provincial police are investigating after a dead body was found in a vehicle along a major highway in the Niagara region.

OPP say they got a call Thursday morning about a suspicious vehicle in a wooded area near the Queen Elizabeth Way in Grimsby, Ont.

In a video statement on Twitter, a police spokesman said officers found a body inside, and they were still trying to determine the person's identity.

Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said one lane of the highway and a nearby on-ramp were likely to remain closed for several hours while police investigated.