UPDATE (November 2, 2021):
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a man found dead in a vehicle that had crashed into a local pond.
The vehicle was pulled from the water off the 1300 block of Oak Bay Run after a passerby walking down the sidewalk called police on Saturday.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following:
The autopsy has been completed and notification has been made to the next of kin for the male victim that was found in a submerged motor vehicle in a pond in the 13000 block of Oak Bay Run, in Fort Wayne, on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at approximately 08:12 hours. The deceased has been positively identified as Steven Bradley Fisher, a male, white, 26 years of age from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The decedent was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
Cause of Death has been determined to be Asphyxia Due to Drowning Due to Motor Vehicle Crash and the Manner of Death is Accident. Steven Bradley Fisher is the 40th traffic fatality for Fort Wayne and Allen County in 2021. The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say a man was found dead in a vehicle that had crashed into a pond.
Neighbors said they heard a loud crash a couple of hours before a passerby called the police after seeing the vehicle in the water.
FWPD officials released the following:
On October 30, 2021, officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a report of a vehicle upside down in a pond in the 1300 block of Oak Bay Run after a passerby walking down the sidewalk noticed the vehicle. Officers arrived and observed the submerged vehicle about 50 yards out.
While the Fort Wayne Fire Department began tending to the vehicle, officers spoke with a nearby neighbor who advised they heard a loud crash around midnight but was not able to see any indications of a crash. Initial evidence on the scene did indicate the vehicle had been submerged for several hours.
The Fort Wayne Fire Department dive team entered the water but were not able to confirm whether the vehicle was occupied as there was zero visibility in the water due to the tremendous amount of clay and other muck.
Around 10:45am, the vehicle was finally able to be freed from the water and medical personnel indicated there was one deceased adult male located inside the vehicle.
There were no other persons located.
Initial information indicates the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Northland Blvd at a high rate of speed, and for some reason did not try to turn onto Oak Bay Run but instead
continued straight and left the roadway. Investigators will work to determine what caused this.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office will release the exact cause and manner of death well as the identity of the decedent.
This incident remains under investigation.
