Driver dies on water-covered road in Ford County

A Paxton man whose vehicle became submerged on a water-covered road and washed into a field died this morning in what Ford County Coroner Doug Wallace said is a possible drowning.

Bradley Swan, 24, of Paxton was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m. in the emergency room at Gibson Area Hospital in Gibson City, Wallace said.

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