NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Western Nebraska authorities say a truck driver was rescued from his big rig after it ran off Interstate 80 into a pond.

Firefighters and Nebraska State Patrol troopers were sent to the scene about two miles west of the Maxwell exit around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The patrol says most of the truck cab was submerged.

Rescuers deployed a boat to reach the cab. They used a Jaws of Life to cut a hole in the cab because the cab doors couldn’t be opened and the driver couldn’t escape through any of its windows. The driver was taken to a North Platte hospital after he was freed and reached dry ground.

The accident cause is being investigated.