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19-year-old could lose limbs after passing out on freezing porch

She suffered severe hypothermia and her family has been meeting with a plastic surgeon to discuss skin graft options for her injuries sustained in the cold

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DULUTH, Minn. — A University of Minnesota-Duluth student is in critical condition at Regions Hospital after being found unconscious on her neighbor’s porch in the frigid cold on Saturday morning.

Alyssa Jo Lommel, 19, a UMD student from St. Cloud, suffered severe hypothermia and her family has been meeting with a plastic surgeon to discuss skin graft options for their daughter’s injuries sustained in the cold, KQDS-TV reported.

Duluth police arrived at the house on Woodland Avenue on Dec. 7 around 9:36 a.m. after a passerby reported finding a person laying outside unconscious on the porch. The overnight temperature dropped to -17 with wind chill hovering around -36.

Full story: UMD student in critical condition after passing out in -17 cold