By Associated Press - Monday, March 27, 2017

PLEASANTON, Neb. (AP) - Buffalo County authorities say a 51-year-old driver has been fatally injured in a car crash.

The accident was reported about 2 a.m. Saturday on Nebraska Highway 10, a half mile south of Pleasanton. Authorities say Chris Avey was driving alone when his car ran off the highway into a ditch and rolled, ejecting him.

He was pronounced dead later at a hospital in Kearney. Avey lived in Ravenna (ruh-VEH’-nuh).



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