Weather Channel meteorologist's car crash death ruled a suicide

Weather Channel meteorologist Nicholas Wiltgen committed suicide, the Fulton County Medical Examiner in Georgia said Tuesday.

According to a statement issued by the medical examiner's office, Wiltgen died Sunday from major head and brain injury, the result of an intentional act of driving a vehicle through the concrete wall of a parking deck.

"The cause of death is craniocerebral trauma and the manner of death has been classified as suicide," the medical examiner's statement read.

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Toxicology tests will be performed, though the results will not be available for several weeks.

Wiltgen, 39, died in Atlanta, Georgia. Police said that his car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it broke through a wall and ended up inside the neighboring W Hotel.

A second victim was reportedly struck by the car inside the W's storage facility and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

"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," Weather Company president of product and technology Cameron Clayton said in a statement. "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."

Wiltgen joined the Atlanta-based Weather Channel as a radio forecaster in 2001 and attended the University of Nebraska, according to his LinkedIn profile. He had previously worked at Planalytics for three years.