HOWARD COUNTY, MO. (THECOUNT) — Ethan Fuemmeler of Armstrong, Missouri, has been identified as the victim in a two-vehicle crash in Howard County Monday night.

Fuemmeler, 30 was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Fayette on Sunday night.

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According to reports, Fuemmeler was operating a vehicle on Highway 5 near Highway 3 in Fayette, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and into opposing lanes around 9 p.m. Monday. The vehicle then made head-on contact with a truck, operated by 62-year-old Philip Dicus.

Fuemmeler, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash of blunt force trauma injuries.

Dicus suffered unknown injuries in the crash.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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geo quick facts: Howard County is a county in the U.S. state of Missouri, with its southern border formed by the Missouri River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,144. Its county seat is Fayette. The county was organized January 23, 1816, and named for Benjamin Howard, the first Governor of the Missouri Territory – Wikipedia.