LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Goshen, Ky., man has become the Louisville area's first heat-related fatality.
The Jefferson County coroner's office says 54-year-old Erin Kennedy died Thursday afternoon, two days before what would have been his 55th birthday.
A friend found him collapsed in the driveway of a home in the 100 block of Blankenbaker Lane.
Kennedy had collapsed in the driveway and may have lay in the driveway as long as 2 1/2 hours, deputy coroner Jack Arnold said. Kennedy had been visiting at his friend's home.
Kennedy had "underlying medical conditions," but his death was a direct result of the heat, Arnold said.
Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees in Louisville on Thursday.
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