Authorities search for missing man

Published 12:00 am Friday, January 29, 2016

By Melanie Ruberti

mruberti@civitasmedia.com

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Wayne Orlando Mack, shown in this undated handout photo, has not been seen since midnight on Jan. 25 at the Jet Pep in Valley, Alabama. Investigators with the Valley Police Department said a clerk at the store saw Mack get into a white vehicle that looked like a Nissan Maxima. The truck driver has not made contact with his employers or his family since then.

http://lagrangenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2016/01/web1_Mack2.jpgWayne Orlando Mack, shown in this undated handout photo, has not been seen since midnight on Jan. 25 at the Jet Pep in Valley, Alabama. Investigators with the Valley Police Department said a clerk at the store saw Mack get into a white vehicle that looked like a Nissan Maxima. The truck driver has not made contact with his employers or his family since then.

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VALLEY, Ala. —Investigators with the Valley Police Department are seeking help to find a missing truck driver.

Police officials said they were contact by representatives of the Hirschbach Trucking Company from East Dubuque, Illinois, on Tuesday after one of their employees failed to make two deliveries in the Atlanta area.

The company told investigators they were able to locate the employee’s truck through GPS in the 600 block of Fob James Drive behind the Jet Pep. Representatives also said they and his family had not heard from the driver.

Valley police said the driver has been identified as Wayne Orlando Mack, 56, of Florence, South Carolina.

Mack is described as an African-American man with a light complexion, salt and pepper hair, about 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds.

Investigators said Mack was last seen by a Jet Pep clerk about midnight Monday. The clerk said he was getting into a white vehicle that appeared to be a Nissan Maxima.

Anyone with any information concerning the whereabouts of Mack is asked to call the Valley Police Department at 334-756-5208 or Valley Area Crime Stoppers at 334-756-8200.

Melanie Ruberti is a reporter with LaGrange Daily News. She may be reached at 706-884-7311, ext. 2156.