Houston man working outside died from overheating, according to medical examiner

The heat wave that has gripped the Houston region this month has turned deadly. Houston resident Felipe Pascual, 46, died from hyperthermia on June 16 – around the time the region began seeing daily high temperatures near or above 100 degrees – according to chief investigator John Florence of the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office. Florence said Pascual was working an outdoor construction job in Fort Bend County when he collapsed and was taken to Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.