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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Driver killed in Salem wreck identified as Smiths teen

The driver of a stolen truck that slammed into road-construction equipment early Thursday has been identified by the Lee County Coroner’s Office as a Smiths Station teenager.
Lee County Deputy Coroner Charlotte Patterson said the driver, pronounced dead at the scene, was later identified as 17-year-old Justin Edward Stafford.
Patterson said Stafford’s body was taken to the state forensics lab for an autopsy, and the case remains under investigation by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Capt. Van Jackson of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the case was still being investigated and said the truck was reported stolen from a residence that was part of a series of burglaries that took place Tuesday and early Wednesday in eastern Lee County.
The accident occurred on Lee Road 379 at the bridge over Wacoochee Creek, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Stafford is believed to have been the only occupant of the truck.

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