From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
BLOUNT COUNTY — According to the Alabama State Troopers Office, a 34-year-old Blount County man was killed in an early morning crash on Sunday.
“A single-vehicle crash at 3 a.m. today, March 1, has claimed the life of an Oneonta man” Senior Trooper Gary Daniel said. “Patrick Dean Breasseal, 34, was killed when the 2002 Jeep Cherokee he was driving left the roadway on Blount County Road 26 and overturned.”
According to Daniel, Breasseal, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash occurred 4 miles north of Oneonta. No further information is available as ALEA Troopers continue to investigate.