6 more cold-related deaths reported in Cook County
By Sun-Times Media Wire
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The Cook County medical examiner’s office announced Friday that six more people have died of cold-related causes, bringing the total number of deaths this season to eight.
A 50-year-old man Austin man was found near his home in the West Side neighborhood and taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he died Oct. 30, according to the medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy ruled his death an accident and said he overdosed on a combination of drugs, with probable cold exposure contributing.
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