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LAUDERDALE COUNTY-The driver in the firey crash that tookmplace has been identifed by ALEA:
“The single-vehicle crash that occurred 0n Saturday, Aug. 5, has claimed the life of Jeffrey Tyler Mecke, 33, of Huntsville.
Mecke was killed when the GMC pickup they were driving left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for positive identification.
The crash occurred on Lauderdale County 85, ten miles north of Florence. Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate.”
Senior Trooper Johnathan Appling
Public Information/Education Unit
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
