Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that six people in the state died because of a winter storm that slammed through the region last week.

Six people across Kentucky died from accidents related to recent winter weather conditions that pummeled the commonwealth from Jan. 5-11, Gov. Andy Beshear said during his weekly news conference Thursday.

Andy Beshear announced that during January's snow storms, six people died across the state.

In part of his Team Kentucky Update on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said that Kentucky Emergency Management (KYRM) and the Department of Public Health confirmed the deaths of six p

Six Kentuckians died as a result of the winter storm, many, “if not most,” from cardiac issues related to shoveling snow, Gov. Andy Beshear said.