NORTHPLATTE, NE — Officials in Nebraska are returning an armored vehicle to its rightful owner after it was found abandoned Thursday on the side of Interstate 80. The Nebraska Highway Patrol (NHP) says the vehicle, which resembles a tank but is used in engineering operations, belongs to the South Dakota National Guard.
Earlier this week, a trooper was made aware that the vehicle, which is used in engineering operations, was sitting on a parked trailer at the Interstate 80 on-ramp near Overton. The trooper found the vehicle and noticed markings which identified that it belongs to the South Dakota National Guard. NSP has since learned that the trailer was abandoned sometime yesterday by the driver of a trucking company contracted to move the vehicle for the Guard.
The vehicle, which is part of the South Dakota National Guard 211th Engineer Company, was being returned to South Dakota after a training mission in California. NSP is working with the South Dakota National Guard to return the vehicle to South Dakota, as well as locate the driver who abandoned the trailer and military vehicle.
Nebraska Highway Patrol is working with the South Dakota National Guard to locate the driver.
