Rollover crash victim identified
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Authorities examine a car involved in a fatal crash late Wednesday morning. Rock County sheriff’s deputies and town of Beloit firefighters responded to a single-vehicle fatal crash at 11:06 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 51 near Driftwood Drive in Rock Township. Michael G. Wellnitz, 44, Janesville, died in the wreck.
The Rock County Sheriff's Office has identified the Janesville man who was killed in a rollover accident on Highway 51 late Wednesday morning.
Authorities say Michael Wellnitz appears to have been traveling southbound on Highway 51 near Driftwood Drive which is just south of the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport when he lost control, rolled the vehicle and hit a billboard.
Wellnitz was not wearing a seat belt, according to the news release, and alcohol and excessive speed might have been factors in the crash.
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