WAKE COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Michael Mutersbaugh, of McLean, Virginia, has been identified as the victim in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Wake County, North Carolina.

Mutersbaugh, 23, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Raleigh Saturday afternoon.

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According to reports, Mutersbaugh was operating a vehicle on Interstate 40 near the South Saunders Street exit, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle veered off the roadway and made contact with a substantial tree around 12:30 p.m. Saturday

Mutersbaugh, a Yale University student, was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Wake County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of July 1, 2019, the population was 1,111,761, making it North Carolina’s most populous county – Wikipedia.