MARSHALL COUNTY CORONER BILL CLEAVENGER SAID AN AUTOPSY WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON ON THE BODY OF 66 YEAR OLD DENNIS PHILLIPS OF CULVER WHOSE BODY WAS DISCOVERED SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL OF AN ACADEMY VEHICLE IN FRONT OF A CAMPUS BUILDING MONDAY MORNING. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FROM BOTH THE ACADEMY AND CULVER WERE UNABLE TO RESUSCITATE PHILLIPS WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL IN PLYMOUTH.
CLEAVENGER SAID NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED AND BELIEVES PHILLIPS SUFFERED FROM A SUDDEN MEDICAL EVENT UPON ARRIVING IN FRONT OF THE ACADEMY BUILDING. NO STUDENTS OR FACULTY WERE INVOLVED AS CLASSES WERE IN SESSION.
