TECUMSEH, NE. (THECOUNT) — Cody Lee Kreifels has been identified as the victim in a Saturday afternoon ATV crash in Johnson County, Nebraska.

Kreifels, 23, was operating an ATV on Saturday in farm field southwest of Tecumseh, Nebraska, when he fatal crash occurred, according to officials on Monday.

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Little information has been released by authorities as to the cause of the crash.

Kreifels was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Tecumseh Rescue Squad was called to a farm field southwest of Tecumseh on Saturday afternoon, where the victim, identified as Cody Kreifels, was pronounced dead, reports JournalStar.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is investigated the accident and an autopsy was performed.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the young man:

According to social media, Kreifels worked at Gartner Transport. He attended Johnson-Brock Public School, according to social media.

Geo quick facts: Tecumseh is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,677 at the 2010 census – Wikipedia.