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Semitrailer driver dies in crash on I-80 in Nebraska

DARR, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a semitrailer died after it crashed on Interstate 80 in south-central Nebraska.

The accident occurred around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday near the Darr interchange, northwest of Lexington in Dawson County. The Nebraska State Patrol says the westbound truck left the roadway and then rolled when the driver tried to return it to the pavement.

The patrol identified the driver as 36-year-old Jeremiah Ford, who lived in Bertrand.

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