BEATRICE, Neb. (KWBE-AM) — A southeastern Nebraska man is dead following a crash involving his all-terrain vehicle and a semitrailer at a rural intersection in Pawnee County east of Beatrice.
Beatrice radio station KWBE reports that the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, when an ATV driven by 85-year-old Chuck Thomas, of Liberty, on state Highway 8 turned at the intersection and hit the side of an eastbound semitrailer.
Pawnee County Sheriff Braden Lang says Thomas died at the scene.
The 33-year-old truck driver from Dodge City, Kansas, was not hurt.