WINSTON COUNTY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Steven Michael Smith, of Haleyville, Alabama, has been identified as the victim in a Sunday evening fatal motorcycle crash in Winston County.

Steve Smith, 46, was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash near Haleyville late Sunday afternoon.

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According to reports, Smith was operating a Honda Valkyrie motorcycle on Newburg Road in Haleyville, when for unknown reasons, the bike exited the roadway around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The bike then entered a culvert.

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

The investigation into the cause of the wreck is ongoing.

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Geo quick facts: Winston County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,484. Its county seat is Double Springs. Known as Hancock County before 1858, the county is named in honor of John A. Winston, the fifteenth Governor of Alabama – Wikipedia.