COZAD, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say an early morning crash left the driver of a semitrailer dead after the big rig apparently drifted off Interstate 80 over a guard rail and crashed into a ravine.

The crash happed around 6 a.m. Wednesday four miles west of Cozad on I-80. The Nebraska State Patrol says 39-year-old Walter Reed, of Kearney, was killed.

The patrol and Cozad firefighters responded to the crash and had to use equipment to remove Reed from the wreckage.

The patrol says Reed was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.