Wetumpka man dead after crash in Millbrook

MILLBROOK, Ala. (WSFA) – A Wetumpka man is dead in a crash following a police chase, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

On Friday evening, just after 6:15 p.m., Mark E. Patterson, 45, of Wetumpka, was driving on the Interstate 65 Service Road near Real Life Church when his vehicle left the roadway and entered private property where his Car overturned in the ditch.

Patterson was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Before the crash, an Autauga County Sheriff's Office officer had been pursuing Patterson. It wasn't immediately clear why.

The incident is under investigation.

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