Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash early Monday morning in Howard County that involved a stolen sport utility vehicle.

State troopers responded to reports of a crash around 12:30 a.m. Monday at the southbound U.S. Route 29 exit off westbound Interstate 70 ramp in Ellicott City. According to the preliminary investigation, a 2013 Ford Explorer traveling in the wrong direction on the exit struck a Toyota Camry head-on, according to state police.

Fred Eromosele Ehimen, 49, of Columbia, the driver and sole occupant of the Camry, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 17-year-old from Baltimore was driving the Ford Explorer with two passengers, a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old. The driver was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, while the other two passengers were transported by ambulance to local hospitals.

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Before the crash, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Department determined the Ford Explorer was stolen. The sheriff’s department and the Howard County Police Department led a pursuit of the stolen vehicle that ended several miles before the crash, state police said.

The investigation is ongoing.