Lanett man killed in traffic crash on Highway 50

Published 3:21 pm Monday, November 5, 2018

A two-vehicle traffic crash claimed the life of a Lanett man Monday morning at about 9:30 a.m., according to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Nicholas David Patterson, 29, was killed after his 2008 Nissan Sentra collided with a 2018 Mack tractor-trailer on Highway 50 near Providence Road just east of LaFayette.

The press release said Patterson wasn’t wearing his seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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No other information was made available Monday, and the police will continue to investigate.