Some terrible news to pass along, as former Tennessee Titans guard Mitch Petrus has died at the age of 32.
Petrus was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m. on Thursday after being taken to the Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock for a heat-related illness, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The Pulaski County Coroner, Gerone Hobbs, listed the cause of death as heat stroke. According to the report, Petrus fell ill after working outside and in his family’s shop all day in Lonoke County.
The National Weather service had issued a heat advisory that day, with temperatures reaching the mid- to low-90’s, and a heat index that made it feel upwards of 100 degrees or more.