PIKE COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Jessie Lee Dixon, of Troy, Alabama, has been identified as the victim in a Sunday night fatal vehicle crash in Pike County.

Dixon, 61, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Troy Sunday night.

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According to reports, Dixon was operating a Ford Mustang on AL-87 near Mile Marker 55, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The vehicle then came into contact with a grouping of trees.

Dixon was pronounced dead on the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Pike County is located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 33,009. Its county seat is Troy. Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, an explorer who led an expedition to southern Colorado and discovered Pikes Peak in 1806 – Wikipedia.