Man accused of a fatal 2023 hit and run crash is dead

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.