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Nebraska patrol says northbound vehicle hit southbound semi

GENEVA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a driver died after his vehicle collided with a semitrailer in southern Nebraska.

The Nebraska State Patrol says the man was headed north early Sunday morning in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 81 when his vehicle ran into the truck a few miles north of Geneva.

The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office says 65-year-old Daniel Watson died at the scene. He lived in Lincoln. The truck driver wasn’t hospitalized.

The sheriff’s office is investigating the crash.

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