PUTNAM COUNTY, IN. (THECOUNT) — Levi Dotson, of Terre Haute, Indiana, has been identified as the victim in a Friday morning fatal single-vehicle crash in Putnam County.

Dotson, 34, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Greencastle on Friday morning.

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According to reports, Dotson was operating a vehicle on Manhattan Road in Putnam County, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway Friday morning. The vehicle then made contact with a utility pole and burst into flames.

Dotson, who became entrapped in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene of thermal and blunt force trauma injuries.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Dotson:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 37,963. The county seat is Greencastle. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War – Wikipedia.