WAKE COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Franklin Lamon Jefferys, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday fatal vehicle crash in Wake County.

Jefferys, 51, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Raleigh early Tuesday morning.

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According to reports, Jefferys was operating a vehicle on Barwell Road near Tomahawk Trail in Raleigh, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle then entered a culvert and flipped over multiple times.

Jefferys 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.