A man from Gainesville died in a one-car vehicle crash early Thursday near Rome.

The Rome News-Tribune reported that Sequoya Allen Gowan, 63, died after his car left the road and struck a tree on U.S. 411, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Gene Proctor.

Proctor said Gowan was pronounced dead on the scene from head and chest trauma around 4:20 a.m., the newspaper reported.

The newspaper reported Gowan lived at a Cave Spring address.

Memorial Park Funeral Home in Gainesville is handling funeral arrangements, which are incomplete.