HOLIDAY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Xavier Deshawn Brown, of New Port Richey, Florida, has been identified as the victim killed in a Saturday morning crash involving a dump truck in Holiday, according to reports.

Brown, 23, was killed in a crash on US-19 after his vehicle came into contact with the rear of a dump truck around 6 a.m. in Holiday.

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According to Florida Highway Patrol, Brown collided with the back of a dump truck when the truck turned on US-19 from Sunray Drive, reports WFLA.

Brown was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved new father:

Geo quick facts: Holiday is a census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,403 as of the 2010 census – Wikipedia.