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Wheelchair Bound Winnebago County Man Dies After Falling Into Water Under I-39

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CHERRY VALLEY – A 25-year-old man has died after the motorized wheelchair he was in overturned into water underneath I-39 near Cherry Valley Thursday night. According to Winnebago County Coroner Angel Torres was found on his side strapped into the chair in the water along a path under the Interstate. He was taken by emergency personnel to a Rockford Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The preliminary cause of death was drowning, but the incident remains under investigation by the Cherry Valley Police Department and the Winnebago County Coroners office.

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