A person who died Sunday after falling down stairs on the Southwest Side is Cook County’s 12th cold-related dying of the season, in response to the health worker’s workplace.
A girl discovered 57-year-old Kurt Krueger unresponsive in a yard about 4:58 a.m. within the 5100 block of West 63rd Place close to a set of stairs, Chicago police and the Cook County health worker’s workplace stated.
He was pronounced lifeless about 6:52 a.m., authorities stated. The lady, 56, instructed investigators she had final seen Krueger about 9 p.m. the evening earlier than.
An post-mortem discovered he died of accidents to his head from falling down the steps with chilly publicity as a contributing issue, the health worker’s workplace stated. His dying was dominated an accident.
The first dying to be categorised as cold-related this season was reported Nov. 1 in Avondale.
A 58-year-old man was discovered within the 3600 block of West Belmont Avenue and brought to Community First Medical Center, the place he died of coronary atherosclerosis with chilly publicity and ethanol intoxication contributing, the health worker’s workplace stated.
Last season, 60 cold-related deaths have been reported in Cook County between Sept. 14, 2018, and May 23, 2019.