FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Mooresville Police Department is investigating a single-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a Mooresville man on Saturday afternoon.

Officers responded to a report of an accident near the intersection of River Highway and Rolling Hill Road about 4:20 p.m., according to an MPD news release. 

During its investigation, the MPD Traffic Unit determined that the operator of the vehicle was turning onto Rolling Hill Road when he performed a careless and reckless maneuver at a high rate of speed, police said.

The driver was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident and was ejected from the vehicle, according to the news release.

Mooresville Fire-Rescue and Iredell County EMS personnel provided on scene medical aid to the driver, identified as Alan Ray Lorek.

Lorek, 64, was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries he sustained in the accident, police said.