Update:
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says this case has been ruled a suicide and stated that they do not release the names of suicide victims.
Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says the investigation is closed.
Authorities say a man is dead after he stepped into the path of a semi on Interstate 80 near North Platte.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the report of a male being struck by a semi just west of Newberry Access, near mile marker 179, on Thursday afternoon.
Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says when deputies arrived, they found a male subject deceased on the road west of the Newberry overpass.
Deputies and Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol made contact with the semi driver who advised that they were travelling eastbound on the Interstate when the male subject suddenly stepped into his path. He told law enforcement that he did not have time to avoid hitting the man.
Accident reconstructionists with the LCSO and State Patrol were called to the scene to investigate.
Kramer says the investigation is ongoing and the name of the deceased is being withheld pending the notification of next of kin.
Kramer did not say if drugs or alcohol are suspected in the accident.