(AP) — Authorities say a 73-year-old man has died after a collision between a tractor and a semitrailer tanker truck on a rural highway in northeast Nebraska.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department says the accident occurred Wednesday about a mile northwest of Foster on Nebraska Highway 13.

The southbound tractor driven by Dallas Oestreich, of rural Hadar, turned onto the highway and collided with the tanker. The department says Oestreich died while being taken to an Omaha hospital.

The truck driver was identified as 60-year-old Richard Myers Jr., of Norfolk. He was taken to a Norfolk hospital.

The highway was closed while spilled diesel fuel was cleaned up.