BATON ROUGE - A man died Wednesday night after he rear-ended a dump truck on an East Baton Rouge highway.

Th crash happened around 9 p.m. on Scenic Highway, just north of Thomas Road. According to Louisiana State Police, 45-year-old Lamontache Williams was driving an SUV northbound when he struck the back of the truck.

Willams was not wearing a seat belt at the time and died at the scene. The dump truck driver was not hurt. 

Police are still investigating what caused the crash.