EKB News

Weather contributed to at least two deaths over the weekend in what forecasters said was the coldest snap yet this year. The temperatures early this morning were still below normal around the state according to National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Jarvis. Morning lows were in the single digits around much of the state, though some places reported temperatures in the teens. The cold weather contributed to the death of an eastern Kentucky man who wandered away from his home on Sunday in Menifee County. According to State Police 84 year old Condor Stotridge, who suffered from dementia, died from hypothermia after leaving his home before 3:30 a.m. when the temperatures were in the teens. The weather also contributed to the death of a central Kentucky man who drowned Saturday when the car he was driving slid off an icy road in Mercer County and flipped upside down into the Salt River. 40 year old Henry M. Lanham of Lebanon was pronounced dead shortly after the crash. The Mercer County Sheriff said a passenger in the car, 30-year-old William Thomas of Lebanon, was able to kick a window out and free himself but was unable to help his friend. The colder-than-normal weather was expected to continue. Jarvis said a weather system headed toward Kentucky was expected to bring between 2-4 inches of snow to much of the state on Tuesday and that temperatures could reach zero.