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A man found dead early Saturday on the Dan Ryan Expressway in the University Village neighborhood is the 10th cold-related death of the season in Cook County.
Police responded about 3:55 a.m. Saturday to the southbound ramp near Taylor Street on the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90/94), Illinois State Police Master Sergeant Cameron said.
Someone spotted the body underneath the interstate and called 911, Cameron said.
An autopsy Sunday determined the unidentified man in his 60s died of diabetic ketoacidosis and cold exposure, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. His death was ruled an accident.
The previous cold-related deaths in Cook County this season include:
• An unidentified man in his 60s was found dead Feb. 7 in an abandoned building in the 5700 block of South LaSalle Street, police said. An autopsy on Friday found that he died of hypothermia and cold exposure, and his death was ruled an accident, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
• Lawrence Sviontek, 70, who was found unresponsive in the trailer he lived in the 1300 block of Rand Road in Des Plaines on January 20. Police said there wasn't any heat inside the trailer. An autopsy found that Sviontek died of hypothermia, caused by cold exposure, with alcoholism as a contributing factor, according to the medical examiner's office. The death was ruled an accident.
•Edwin Mason, 71, was found dead Jan. 17 in a vehicle parked at a Motel 6 in the 1500 block of Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview. An autopsy found he died of hypothermia, caused by cold exposure, with heart disease as a contributing factor.
• Jerzy Tarkowski, 60, found lying at the corner of Belmont and Central avenues about 1 a.m. on Jan. 4. An autopsy found he died of hypothermia brought on by cold exposure, with alcohol intoxication a contributing factor.
• Luis M. Escalante, 53, found in the 3200 block of Oakton Street in Skokie near a park at 3200 Oakton St. on Dec. 22. Escalante, of the 1800 block of West Farwell Avenue, died of cold exposure.
• Casimir Widarz, in his 60s, was found lying on the ground in the 4300 block of South Ashland Avenue on Dec. 21. The primary cause of death for Widarz, who was homeless, was heart disease with cold exposure listed as a factor.
• Thomas Grubb, 41, died from hypothermia and cold exposure on Dec. 9, according to county records. Grubb, a registered sex offender who was living on the street, was found near a UIC student center.
• Florence Hawkins, 83, was found dead at her home in the 8200 block of South Chappel Avenue on Nov. 27, the medical examiner's office said.
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