SHELBY COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — James Plant, of Wilsonville, Alabama, has been identified as the victim in a Sunday night fatal vehicle crash in Shelby County.

Plant, 44, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Wilsonville Sunday night.

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According to reports, Plant was operating a newer model Audi A4 on Highway 55 near Wilsonville, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway Sunday night. The vehicle then entered a culvert and wrecked.

Plant was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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geo quick facts: Shelby County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 195,085. The county seat is Columbiana. The county is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796 and again from 1812 to 1816 – Wikipedia.