Driver identified in rural Chatsworth crash

Posted on May 1, 2019
Livingston County coroner Danny Watson identified the driver as Michael Brauman. (Photo from Calvert Funeral Homes)

 

By Neil Doyle

CHATSWORTH – The Livingston County coroner has identified the person found in a burned car just north of Chatsworth on Monday.

Coroner Danny Watson identified the driver as Michael Brauman.  An obituary from Calvert Funeral Homes said Brauman was 52-years old and from Forrest.

Watson said the burned out 2003 Buick four-door automobile was impaled on the guard rail at 3225 East and 1000 North Road in Charlotte Township, which is in far southeastern Livingston County.

No other information about the cause of the crash was available.

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department assisted in the investigation.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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