PICKENS COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Christopher James O’Neal, of Greenville, South Carolina, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Wednesday vehicle collision in Pickens County.

O’Neal, 29, was killed in a two-vehicle collision near Liberty Wednesday evening.

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According to reports, O’Neal was operating a Toyota SUV on Calhoun Memorial Hwy/ US-123, near US-178, when the vehicle came into contact with a disabled GMC truck around 4 p.m. Wednesday.

O’Neal 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: Pickens County is a county in the northwest part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 119,224. Its county seat is Pickens. The county was created in 1826. It is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.