ATLANTA – A meteorologist for The Weather Channel apparently committed suicide Sunday when his car crashed through an Atlanta parking garage wall and plowed into an adjacent hotel, injuring a worker there.
Mark Guilbeau, senior investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, said Wiltgen's death was a suicide.
The 39-year-old was pronounced dead after the crash at Midtown Atlanta's Colony Square Mall.
Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones says Wiltgen's car traveled about 20 feet into the adjacent W Atlanta-Midtown, where it hit a hotel worker in a storage area. The worker was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The Weather Company's president Cameron Clayton called Wiltgen "a treasured member" of the channel in a statement provided to FOX411.
"We have lost a treasured member of The Weather Channel family. Nick Wiltgen was at Weather for more than 15 years as a senior digital meteorologist and integral member of our content team," Clayton said. "Millions read his work every week and were better for it. He was a dedicated, passionate member of our family and we will miss him deeply. Our heartfelt sympathy is with his family and friends."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trending
Who's making headlines in television, music, movies and more from Hollywood to the Heartland.