Watch CBS News

Duluth Student Hospitalized After Sub-Zero Night On Porch

DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) - A college student is badly hurt after spending all night in the cold.

Nineteen-year-old Alyssa Jo Lommel was found unconscious on a neighbor's porch in Duluth Saturday morning.

The University of Minnesota-Duluth student had been dropped off at her own home more than nine hours earlier.

Temperatures had fallen to minus 18, with a minus 36 wind chill overnight.

Lommel is being treated at a Twin Cities hospital.

Her family says her hands and feet are so badly damaged, she may lose limbs.

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.