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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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.

Date: 
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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.

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Two people are dead and three others injured after the truck they were in was hit by a train in Tuscaloosa Tuesday morning, a representative for the Alabama State Troopers said Wednesday. The accident occurred on at the rail crossing at the intersection of Larry Nolan Road and University Boulevard East near Cottondale. It is not clear if the snow showers, icy roads and other winter conditions that plagued drivers in the state Tuesday were a major contributing factor to the collision.