SWEDEN – Excessive speed is suspected as the cause of a crash that claimed the life of a 23-year-old Fryeburg man.

Brett Thibodeau of 406 Fish St., Fryeburg, died at the scene after the 2003 Subaru Legacy he was driving struck a tree on Lovell Road early Friday night.

According to State Police records, Thibodeau was driving west at an excessive speed when the car crested a hill and became airborne. The car struck a tree head-on, then rolled until it hit another tree.

Police said Thibodeau died of blunt-force trauma.

Thibodeau was employed at his family’s business – Green Thumb Farms – as head of sales. He was a Class of 2000 graduate of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., and a member of its varsity crew and ski teams.

The crash was reported at 7:15 p.m. Friday. Trooper Lucas Hare is investigating.

– Carol Coultas