Heat in Coastal Dade, Florida

Heat February 17, 2003 · Coastal Dade, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Baltimore Oriole's pitcher Steve Bechler, collapsed and died while participating in conditioning drills. The medical examiner determined that the death was due to heat but that ephedrine pills taken three hours earlier had contributed to the death.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5344579. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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