SEBEKA, Minn. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating how a paraplegic man died after reportedly falling out of his wheelchair and being found in the cold near Sebeka.
The Wadena County Sheriff's Office says 39-year-old Michael Lee Johnson of Sebeka was found on the ground, unresponsive, and out of his wheelchair around 8 a.m. Tuesday by his personal care attendant.
KSAX-TV of Alexandria reports Johnson was taken to Tri-County Hospital with extreme hypothermia and a body temperature in the 70s.
An autopsy was being performed.
The National Weather Service says the temperature at the Wadena airport was 5 above zero at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
