STURTEVANT - A person has been pronounced dead after they were discovered outside a van that was found partially in water in Sturtevant on Monday morning.
A Racine County Sheriff's dispatcher told Newsradio 620 WTMJ that the body and vehicle were found just off a frontage road near the corner of Highway C and Highway 20 in Sturtevant at about 6:20 a.m. Monday morning.
TODAY'S TMJ4's Diane Pathieu reports that the driver drove from Dousman to Racine County. The man was going down the frontage road went through a road closed sign and into a ditch full of water in a large construction area. According to Pathieu, his van was then submerged, then he got out of the van, had a heart attack and died. He reportedly was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Deputies don't know how long the man may have been in the flooded area, but the road was clearly marked and blocked with barricades.
When I was growing up me and my siblings goofed off in school and were basically wise asses. My parents were worried that we would start heading down the wrong path. My father was afraid that I wasnt going to amount to jack squat. Made a few phone calls and brought in a motivational speaker. He really got through to us kids. So as you could imagine stories like these are always close to my heart. They really hit close to home. I just think how lucky I am that Im not divorced, I dont live off a steady diet of government cheese, and my residence isnt in a van down by the river. Somewhere Matt Foley is shaking his head thinking, "I couldve helped that guy."
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