DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VA. (THECOUNT) — Jason Paul Williams has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon.

Williams, 37, was killed in a crash Tuesday on Cox Road in Dinwiddie, VA, when for unknown reasons, he lost control of a Lincoln sedan around 12:59 p.m. and struck a tree.

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Police say the victim was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision.

Williams was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

He was the sole occupant of the vehicle.

“A Lincoln 4-door sedan, driven by, Jason P. Williams, 37, of Church Road, Va., was traveling westbound on Route 751 when he lost control of the vehicle as he entered a curve, going off road right, and striking a tree,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said. “Williams was not wearing his seat belt. Williams, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries at the scene,” reports NBC12.

Investigators said speed was considered a factor into the cause of the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

Geo quick facts: Dinwiddie County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,001. Its county seat is Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie County is part of the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.