Man dies after being found lying in snow in Newark park during winter storm – NJ.com

A man who was found in the snow in a Newark park Monday morning during the winter storm has died, police said.

Police responded to Lincoln Park in the city at 9:40 a.m. on a call of an unresponsive man lying in the park, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. The man has not yet been identified by police. Snowfall amounts in Essex County ranged from 14 to 20 inches from the three-day storm.

He was taken to University Hospital but was later pronounced dead, Ambrose said. TAPinto Newark first reported the man’s death.

His death does not appear to be suspicious, but it remains under investigation, police said.

Newark officials activated a Code Blue alert on Jan. 23 and extended it multiple times through Feb. 2. A Code Blue alert is called when temperatures reach 25 degrees or lower without precipitation, 32 degrees with precipitation, or when there is a wind chill factor of 0 degrees.

• Emergency shelters operate during the extreme cold weather. For more information about sheltering services, contact the shelters listed below or the Division of Social Services at (973) 877-9494, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Apostle House at 513-515 Avon Ave. in Newark may be reached (973) 482-0625 and services women and children only.
• Isaiah House at 238 North Munn Ave. in East Orange may be reached at (973) 678 – 5882 and services single mothers and families with children.
• Catholic Charities – St. Rocco’s at 368 South 7th St. in Newark may be reached at (973) 286-4175 and services families with children.
• Circle of Life at 55 Tillinghast St. in Newark may be reached at (862) 763 – 4859 and services adults only. It is LGBTQ friendly.
• Fairmont Health at 202 Fairmont Ave. in Newark may be reached at (973) 643 – 7705 and services adults only.
• H.E.L.P. Center at 224 Sussex Ave. in Newark may be reached at(973) 705-7200 and services adults only.

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Rebecca Panico may be reached at rpanico@njadvancemedia.com.