Two arrested after Sydney street death

Two people are expected to be charged after a man was found dead with significant head wounds in the middle of a Sydney street.

A man and a woman presented themselves to Newtown police and were arrested about 6pm on Monday over the death in Forest Lodge, police said.

The body of a 30-year-old man was found in the middle of Hereford Street and Minogue Crescent on Friday afternoon.

Witnesses said the man was bleeding profusely from the head as he staggered down nearby Ross Street and then collapsed.

Police say the injuries stemmed from an altercation at a nearby house.