Man accused of a fatal 2023 hit and run crash is dead
A man accused of a fatal 2023 hit and run crash is dead just hours before his trial was set to start.
Jan 11, 2025, 6:40 AM CST
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TOWN OF GRANT, Wis (Civic Media) – A man accused of a fatal 2023 hit and run crash is dead just hours before his trial was set to start.
W L U K TV reports 62-year-old Daniel Sawyer was set to stand trial in Waushara County on Wednesday for the crash near Plainfield that killed one woman and injured another. But Portage County deputies say Sawyer died by suicide outside his town of Grant home.
Sheriff Mike Lukas reports Sawyer suffered a self-inflicted gunshot.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
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