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1 dead after Neb. semitrailer-tanker crash
Published Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 07:13 PM
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The State Patrol says heavy fog likely factored into a fatal crash in southeast Nebraska involving a semitrailer, a propane tanker and a car. Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins said the semitrailer driver died in the crash near Bruning that was reported around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Bruning is about 40 miles northwest of Beatrice. Authorities haven't released the identities of anyone involved in the crash. Collins said the propane tanker was eastbound on state Highway 4 when it tried to cross the northbound lane of U.S. Highway 81. A northbound semitrailer then struck the tanker broadside. A northbound car then struck the semitrailer. She said the tanker driver wasn't injured. The driver of the car was taken to a Lincoln hospital with serious injuries.

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