HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - A motorcyclist had died after colliding with a pickup truck along a highway in south-central Nebraska.
The collision occurred around 2 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 6, about 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) west of Hastings. The eastbound motorcyclist collided with the westbound pickup as the truck was turning south, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office said.
The motorcyclist died later at a Hastings hospital. He’s been identified as Jeffery Hoffart, 54, who lived in Hastings.
The pickup driver has been identified as 81-year-old Gerald Mousel, of Roseland. He and one of his two passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, authorities said.
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