ESCAMBIA COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Patricia Allen Helton, of Atmore, Alabama, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday fatal vehicle crash in Escambia County.
Patti Helton was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Atmore Thursday afternoon.
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According to reports, Helton was operating a Chevrolet Silverado near Atmore, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle exited the roadway around 2:40 p.m. Thursday. The vehicle then entered a culvert and rolled over.
Helton was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Escambia County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,319. Its county seat is Brewton. The county is the base of the state’s only federally recognized Native American tribe, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians – Wikipedia.