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An Alabama Department of Corrections employee was one of the people killed in traffic accidents on icy roads this week.
Corrections Officer Desi Arnez Patterson, 43, was killed Thursday in a wreck on U.S. Highway 82 in southern Chilton County.
Patterson was on his way from his home in Montgomery to work at the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent, according to a news release from ADOC spokesman Brian Corbett. He started at the Department of Corrections in August of 1998.
A Montgomery man was killed Thursday when his vehicle left an icy roadway in southern Chilton County and hit a tree, according to Alabama State Troopers.
Desi Patterson, 43, was killed in the single-vehicle wreck on U.S. 82 about four miles west of Billingsley around 5 a.m., according to Alabama State Troopers spokesman Sgt. Steve Jarrett.
The road was icy and Patterson was not wearing a seat belt during the crash, Jarrett said.
Troopers continue to investigate.