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Jogger dies after collapsing in Melbourne

A man found on a southeast Melbourne street after apparently collapsing while jogging has died in hospital.

Police had appealed for public help in identifying the man and now say he was a 58-year-old from Chadstone.

He was found by a passerby on Ventnor Street in Chadstone around 6.30pm on Thursday.

Ambulance paramedics took him to the Alfred Hospital in a critical condition, but he died early on Friday morning, police said.

There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and his next of kin have been notified.