LAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Dakota Blake Buttrey, of Florence, Alabama, has been identified as the victim killed in a single-vehicle crash near Lauderdale on Friday afternoon.

Buttrey, 22, was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on CR-8 in Lauderdale.

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According to Alabama State Troopers, Buttrey was operating a Kia Soul on CR-8 near Natchez Trace Parkway, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The vehicle then made contact with a substantial tree.

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

No further details of the crash were provided by officials as of Friday night.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, reports WAFF.

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Geo quick facts: Lauderdale County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 92,709. Its county seat is Florence. Its name is in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale, of Tennessee – Wikipedia.