NORFOLK, NE. (THECOUNT) — Donovan Scott Rasmussen of Hiawatha, IA, has been identified as the victim in a fatal vehicle crash on Thursday in Norfolk, Nebraska, according to reports.

“Donny” Rasmussen, 30, died in a Norfolk crash after the Jeep he was operating collided with a truck Thursday morning.

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According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Rasmussen was traveling in a Jeep on Highway 81, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway.

The jeep then collided with a cargo truck.

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

The driver of the truck was 34-year-old Westley Lyon, of Columbus, Nebraska. He was treated for minor injuries, reports KLKN.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Norfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Nebraska – Wikipedia.