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Single Vehicle Crash Claims the Life of a Fort Payne Man

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T.L. Sullivan | The Weekly Ledger News | Area News from ALEA

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – According to ALEA (Alabama Law Enforcement Agency), a single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 1:08 a.m. Monday, November 25, claiming the life of a Fort Payne man.


Garrett C. Matchen, 28, was fatally injured when the 2008 Saturn Astra he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Matchen was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

 

The crash occurred on Alabama 117 near the 15-mile marker, approximately four miles south of Ider, in Dekalb County.


Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

 
 
 

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