Car plunges into drainage ditch, driver dies

PEWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash where a man was found unresponsive in a water-filled ditch along Highway 16 in Waukesha County.

According to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office, several people called 911 at 5:31 a.m. Aug. 26 to report a vehicle that had driven off eastbound Highway 16, east of Highway KE.

Deputies and Wisconsin State Patrol officers found the car submerged in about 3 feet of water. The driver, who was alone in the vehicle, was pulseless and not breathing when first responders pulled him from the car…

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