Update: Victim identified in Tuesday’s crash near County Line

Published 1:57 pm Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has named the victim in Tuesday’s fatal crash on Smith Mill Road.

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Herman Mulvehill Jr., 53, died when his vehicle went off the road and crashed into a tree in the 2900 block of Smith Mill Road, just south of County Line. Mulvehill was from Trafford.

Investigators said Mulvehill’s vehicle was traveling at a high speed when it left the road and hit the tree at about 1 p.m. Mulvehill, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.

Mulvehill was the only person in the vehicle.