Cranston Police have identified the driver who lost his life in a single-vehicle crash earlier this month.

The driver killed in the fatal crash on Aug. 12 on Laten Knight Road has been positively identified by the Rhode Island State Medical Examiner’s Office as Kyle M. Segee, 35, of 33 Cooper Road, Chepachet, according to Cranston Police.

On Aug. 12, at approximately 8:02 a.m., several calls were received at the Cranston Police Department Dispatch Center concerning a single-car crash in the area of 504 Laten Knight Road. The callers reported hearing what sounded like a car traveling at a rate of speed, then a crash and explosion.

The responding officer observed a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt SS with extensive front-end damage up against a tree, according to a press release from Cranston Police.

The driver was lying next to the vehicle, which was fully engulfed in flames. The Cranston Fire Department extinguished the fire and pronounced the sole occupant/driver dead at the scene, according to police.

Based on a preliminary investigation, it appears the vehicle was traveling south on Laten Knight Road at a high rate of speed. Once the car approached a sharp bend, it exited the roadway and struck a tree head-on. Investigators did not observe skid marks or other evidence indicating the driver attempted to slow down at the curve before leaving the road, according to police.