BOONE COUNTY, MO. (THECOUNT) — Mark Swindell of Moberly, Missouri, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Mondy vehicle crash in Boone County.

Swindell, 59, was killed in a vehicle crash involving a dump truck near Sturgeon late Monday afternoon.

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According to reports, Swindell was operating a pickup truck on Highway 63 near Breedlove Road around 4:30 p.m. Monday, when a dump truck, operated by 25-year-old Brandon Wainman, of Centralia, Missouri, merged into the path of the pickup. The pickup swerved and exited the roadway. The pickup then came into contact with a tree.

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

Wainman was uninjured.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Mark Swindell:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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geo quick facts: Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of Missouri. Centrally located in Mid-Missouri, it is home to Columbia, Missouri’s fourth largest city and location of the University of Missouri – Wikipedia.