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Walworth County man dead near car fire

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact )   Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:31 p.m.
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TROY TOWNSHIP—Emergency responders found a man dead at the scene of a two-vehicle fire this afternoon in Troy Township.

Dwayne J. Heitzman, 78, was found in a driveway at around 1 p.m. at N9684 Palmyra Road, Eagle, according to a news release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. A car and a truck were on fire in the driveway, according to the release.

That was Heitzman’s address, according to online court records.

The Walworth County Coroner pronounced Heitzman dead.

Members of the Eagle Fire Department responded to the fire and kept it from spreading to a nearby house or garage, according to the release.

An autopsy will be scheduled. The incident remains under investigation.




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