Man Dies After Shoveling, Body Behind Dumpster: 2 Weather Deaths

PRINCE GEORGE’s COUNTY, MD — Authorities are investigating two deaths tied to the weekend blizzard, a man who died after shoveling snow and a man whose body was found by snow-plow crews behind a Dumpster.

The Prince George’s County Police Department says George Campbell, 60, collapsed after shoveling snow at his home in Fort Washington. Rescue crews were called to his residence in the 1200 block of Sandy Bar Drive about 9 a.m. Saturday.

In the second death, a snow-removal crew called police about 8 a.m. Monday when they found a man’s body in the snow-filled parking lot of Save A Lot Grocery Store.

Workers discovered the victim while they were clearing the lot in the 6300 block of Livingston Road in Oxon Hill, The Washington Post reports.

He was pronounced dead on the scene. The man’s name is unknown at this time.

Foul play is not suspected in either death, police said.