Authorities: 83-Year-Old SC Woman Falls, Dies of Hypothermia
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 83-year-old South Carolina woman died of hypothermia after falling in her driveway.
The coroner's office says neighbors found Joyce Norris on Friday morning in her driveway near the back door of her home in Greenville. The office says she had fallen and died Thursday night from exposure to the cold weather.
Authorities don't know how long she was outside before she died. The National Weather Service says the high Thursday was 50 degrees reached in the late morning and that temperatures dropped during the day to a low of 36 degrees at midnight.
Her death was ruled an accident.
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