NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
March 29, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
DEATH INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
The victim
has been identified as 75-year old John H. Stevens of 3737 Glen Chambers Road in
Florala, Alabama. Witnesses say they saw his truck try to drive across a washed
out road before a strong, deep current swept the truck off the pavement.
Rescue
workers were thwarted in their attempts to get to the truck by blocked, washed
out roads and fast-moving, rising waters.
An autopsy
is scheduled for Tuesday by the Okaloosa/Walton Medical Examiner's Office.
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