Authorities have identified a 48-year-old Redmond man who died Tuesday night in a single-vehicle rollover on Canal Boulevard south of Redmond.

Mark Lee Dekker was pronounced dead on arrival at Cenral Oregon District Hospital. A passenger, identified as Debra Jo Baer, 34, of Redmond, was treated for minor injuries at the Redmond hospital, said Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies. Neither occupant was wearing safety restraints at the time of the crash, said sheriff’s spokesman Rick Meyers

Lee’s 1970 Jeep was traveling north on South Canal near 61st Street, about four miles south of Redmond, around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when it apparently went out of control, deputies said. The vehicle left the roadway on the east shoulder and rolled twice, coming to a rest on the driver’s side.

The accident is still under investigation, but Meyers said it’s believed alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.

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