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Truck driver dies in I-80 crash near Sidney

The driver of a tractor-trailer died Saturday morning after a single-vehicle accident off I-80 east of Sidney.

The Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office and the Nebraska State Patrol responded to a report of a vehicle accident at 9:37 a.m. Saturday. The driver of the tractor-trailer was traveling westbound on I-80 when he lost control of his vehicle.

The truck went across the median, crossed the eastbound traffic lanes, proceeded up a large embankment and crossed County Road 125. It came to rest in a nearby cornfield.

The driver was identified as Kenneth O. Berry, 47, of Pomono, Calif. He was...

 

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