PICKRELL, NE : Tractor driver dies in collision with semitrailer on U.S. Highway 77 on Tuesday, 2nd July 2019

Authorities say a tractor driver died when it was struck by a semitrailer in southeast Nebraska's Gage County.The crash occurred around 7:55 p.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 77, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) north of Pickrell. The Gage County Sheriff's Office says the tractor was headed north with its hazard lights blinking and traveling as far to the right as possible. The northbound semitrailer struck the left side of the tractor, knocking off a rear wheel, despite a last-second veer by the truck driver. The Nebraska State Patrol says the trucker was distracted in the moments before the crash.


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