LINN COUNTY, OR. (THECOUNT) — Brian Scott Beveridge, of Scappoose, Oregon, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Sunday morning tow-vehicle crash in Linn County.

Beveridge, 48, was killed im a two-vehicle crash near Idanha, Oregon early Sunday morning.

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According to officials, Beveridge was operating a Subaru Legacy on Highway 22E near Minto Road east of Idanha, when for unknown reason, the vehicle crossed centerlines and into opposing lanes. The Subaru then came into head-on contact with a Nissan Frontier, operated by Matthew Baker, 49, of Bend around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

Baker was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Linn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,672. The county seat is Albany. The county is named in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri who advocated the American settlement of the Oregon Country – Wikipedia.