(AP) — Authorities have released the name of a driver killed in a crash off U.S. Highway 34 in southeast Nebraska.

York County Sheriff’s Department identified him as Steve Opfer, of Polk.

Firefighters from Bradshaw had been sent to what was reported as a cornfield fire after 12 a.m. Saturday. They soon found that a car was aflame in a field.

The accident occurred a half mile east of the Hamilton/York County line.