Florida man visiting Michigan freezes to death in car

A Florida man is believed to have frozen to death and another man is in critical condition after their car got stuck on the side of the road in Grand Junction, Michigan.

Deputies were called to investigate a report of two men sleeping in their car Monday.

Police found a 22-year-old man dead in the driver’s seat, while the man in the passenger side was alive, but unresponsive. The passenger was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

Authorities believe the Florida men were in Grand Junction visiting friends and drove into a field, where the vehicle they were driving became stuck. The two appeared to try and get the vehicle unstuck from the field but were unsuccessful.

In a separate incident, a 77-yearold woman from western Michigan was found in the snow about 9 a.m. Monday after she apparently fell while walking to her car. Investigators believe the woman fell around 7 p.m. Sunday. She died after being taken to a hospital.

The victims’ names were not immediately released.

According to Accuweather, Sunday’s high temperature in Grand Junction reached 14 degrees, with a low of 2 degrees.

Another storm system is already developing over the Rockies that could blanket the same region with more snow by the end of the week.

A 60 percent chance of rain holds over into Thursday morning in Georgia before another shot of cold air moves in.

DAN BALILTY / THE NEW YORK TIMES Pedestrians bundled in winter clothes walk along a sidewalk in New York. The Northeast and Midwest were socked with a sudden drop in temperatures, setting off a new wave of woes: bitter wind chills, frozen car engines and canceled flights.