CHARLESTOWN, RI. (THECOUNT) — Philip A. Bode, of Charlestown, Rhode Island, has been identified as the victim killed in a Friday night single-vehicle crash in Charlestown, according to reports.

“Phil” Bode, 44, died following a crash along Ross Hill Road late Friday night, Charlestown police said Saturday.

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According to officials, Bode may have been speeding around 11:45 p.m. when he suffered fatal injuries in a crash on Friday night.

Bode was operating a Jeep Cherokee, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The vehicle then collided with a sunstaital tree.

Bode was pronounced dead at the scene.

The preliminary investigation determined that he was traveling south at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the western side of the road, striking the tree, reports RICenreal.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Geo quick facts: Charlestown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 7,827 at the 2010 census – Wikipedia.