WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED AT THE NORTHEAST INDIANA FORENSIC CENTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON THE BODY OF A WHITE MALE WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 AT 5:06 P. M.

WILLIAM D. WAGOMAN, AGE 52, OF GRABILL, INDIANA, WAS MOWING GRASS, RIDING A SMALL GARDEN TRACTOR/MOWER ON STATE ROAD 37 NEAR RICKER ROAD IN EAST ALLEN COUNTY WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE THAT WENT OFF THE ROADWAY.

PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY FINDINGS ARE:

CAUSE OF DEATH: BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

MANNER OF DEATH: ACCIDENT

WAGOMAN IS THE 22nd TRAFFIC FATALITY FOR FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY IN 2015. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ALLEN COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ALLEN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE.

*******IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT OUR OFFICE HAD THE DECEDENT’S LAST NAME MISSPELLED. THE CORRECT SPELLING IS WAGAMAN, AND NOT WAGOMAN, AS WAS RELEASED EARLIER. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THIS ERROR AND HOPE THAT IT HAS NOT CREATED TOO MUCH CONFUSION.*******

PATT KITE
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR/DEPUTY CORONER
ALLEN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE