ALTON, IL : Employee of Auto Butler identified in fatal one-vehicle crash on Monday, October, 9th 2017

Officials are still investigating a fatal weekend car accident. The deceased man was identified as Robert S. Dorsey, 42, of Wood River, Illinois and was an employee of Auto Butler Car Wash, 1706 Homer Adams Parkway.

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Chief Bernie Sebold, of Alton Fire Department, said his department was notified by Alton police at 4:08 p.m. of a single-car motor incident,where the vehicle went into a ravine near Home Depot and Baron Commerce Parkway.

Officials say Dorsey entered a 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee in order to drive from the car wash garage area to a pre-designated area to be dried.

“As a customer’s car came out of the dryer tunnel, the employee got in, started spraying Windex on the windows, and hit the gas. The car went straight into the ditch north of the business,” said Alton Police Chief Jason “Jake” Simmons.

When firefighters attempted to extricate the victim from the Jeep, they discovered he was deceased. He was pronounced dead at 5:15 p.m.

Sebold said ARCH Air Medical Services Inc. was notified and on standby, but did not arrive on scene.

A Telegraph photographer on scene Sunday said a tow truck was being used to drag the vehicle up the steep ravine to level ground around 6:20 p.m., ahead of nightfall, where the man was still inside the vehicle.

Routine toxicological tesiting for the presence of drugs and alcohol will be performed.

The incident remains under investigation by the Alton Police Department and the Madison County Coroner’s Office.

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Employee of Auto Butler identified in fatal one-vehicle crash