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Man dies after head-on collision in northeast Nebraska

PLAINVIEW, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man died in a head-on collision southeast of Plainview in northeast Nebraska.

Pierce County Sheriff Rick Eberhardt says Tim Wacker was driving southeast Friday morning on Nebraska Highway 13 when his vehicle collided with an oncoming vehicle being driven by 25-year-old Chance Johnson, of Norfolk.

Eberhardt says the 48-year-old Wacker was killed. He lived in Plainview.

The sheriff’s office said Monday that Johnson was flown to a Sioux City, Iowa, hospital for treatment.

The collision is being investigated.

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