AIKEN COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Luis Echevarria, of Columbia, South Carolina, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday morning fatal vehicle crash in Aiken County.

Echevarria, 34, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Monetta early Thursday morning.

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According to reports, Echevarria was operating a Ford minivan on Interstate 20 between Monetta and Batesburg, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 1 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle then rolled over and made contact with a tree.

Echevarria was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Aiken County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, its population was 160,099. Its county seat and largest city is Aiken. Aiken County is a part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.