CHEROKEE COUNTY, OK. (THECOUNT) — Jodi Sallas, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash in Cherokee County Wednesday morning.

Sallas, 34, was killed in an early Wednesday morning single-vehicle crash near Hulbert.

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According to reports, Sallas was operating a Mercury Grand Marquis on South 410 Road near West 790 Road in Hulbert, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crosse centerlines and exited the roadway around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle then came into contact with a substantial tree.

Sallas was transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,987. Its county seat is Tahlequah, which is also the capital of the Cherokee Nation – Wikipedia.