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Driver found dead at truck stop

STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 4 months AGO
by STAFF REPORT
| November 10, 2011 5:00 AM

MOSES LAKE - A Wisconsin truck driver died of a heart attack while sitting in his idling truck behind Ernie's Truck Stop in Moses Lake.

Moses Lake Police were called to check the welfare of Shannon L. Mahn, 42, of Merrill, Wisc., who was overdue on his route, according to Moses Lake Police.

Mahn had reportedly fueled the truck Wednesday evening and was found deceased in his truck with the engine running Friday morning.

An autopsy was performed Sunday by Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison, who determined the cause of death was coronary artery thrombosis.

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