First cold-related death of the season reported in Cook County

A 58-year-old man died Friday in Evergreen Park from exposure to the cold as temperatures dropped overnight, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Paul Valkenburg was found in the 9800 block of South Albany Avenue and pronounced dead at 6:20 a.m. from "environmental cold exposure," according to the medical examiner.

It was the first cold-related death reported this season.

Sixteen people died from heat-related causes this summer.