Man suffering from cardiac arrest in driveway dies


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ARMUCHEE, Ga. (AP) — A Chattooga County man found in a driveway suffering from cardiac arrest has died.

The Rome News-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1bd3I2V ) reports 42-year-old Nicholas Shropshire was pronounced dead Saturday evening at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Floyd County Deputy Coroner Gene Proctor says someone called an ambulance after seeing Shropshire lying in the driveway of a home in Armuchee. He says there were no vehicles nearby and no one knows how Shropshire got there.

Shropshire died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

Proctor says there were no visible signs of trauma. Shropshire's body has been sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab.

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Information from: Rome News-Tribune, http://www.romenews-tribune.com

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