One Person is Dead After Crashing During a Police Pursuit
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
August 8th, 2025
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. What started as a traffic stop by the Orange Beach Police on Thursday morning, August 7th, 2025, at around 1 a.m., led to a short police pursuit, a wreck, and the death of the driver.
Police in Orange Beach said that the driver was speeding, weaving, and driving recklessly when they tried to stop him, and that’s when the driver fled with police close behind.
Police suspected that the driver was impaired and a danger to himself and the public.
Police said that speeds got up to 100 mph on West Beach Boulevard, and that’s when they called off the chase, but minutes later, the driver crashed into a barrier at a private neighborhood in Gulf Shores
In a statement from the Orange Beach Police, they said their officers ended the pursuit in the 2100 block of West Beach Boulevard, which is about two and a half miles before the road abruptly ends at the entrance to Laguna Key. That’s where the driver crashed head-on into a concrete retaining wall in front of a guard shack.
Gulf Shores police and fire departments responded to the crash, but police said that they did not participate in the chase.
ALEA troopers are now investigating the accident and have stated that at this time, they cannot release any information, including the name of the driver, until the investigation is completed.
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