WXIA-TV, Atlanta

ATLANTA — The death of a Weather Channel meteorologist, who died Sunday when his car smashed into a wall in the parking garage of a building he once lived in, was a suicide, the medical examiner's office said Tuesday.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said Nick Wiltgen smashed into the wall on purpose.

Wiltgen, 39, died at the scene at the Colony Square parking garage. Initial reports from police said he crashed into the wall at a high rate of speed. Police classified it as an accident.

Weather Channel meteorologist dies in crash

According to police, the car hit the wall with enough force that it broke through the wall and ended up in a storage area for the adjacent W Hotel.

Another person was injured in the crash.

The medical examiner's office said Tuesday that the cause of death was blunt force head trauma and the manner of death was suicide.

According to the Weather Channel, Wiltgen was a senior digital meteorologist who had worked at the station for 15 years.

News of his death brought condolences from Al Roker and Mike Seidel, a Weather Channel meteorologist. Roker tweeted about Wiltgen's "smile, expertise and camaraderie." Seidel said Wiltgen was passionate and "king of wx stats."