SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in western Nebraska have identified a man killed in a crash earlier this week when he lost control of his truck on an icy road.
Steven Hergenrader, 69, of Mitchell, died in a crash Tuesday morning just northwest of Scottsbluff as wintery weather slicked area roads, the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Investigators said Hergenrader was on a highway overpass west of Scottsbluff and was passing another vehicle when his pickup truck slid on the ice, went down an embankment and rolled.
Scotts Bluff County Sheriff Mark Overman Hergenrader says two separate witnesses in two different vehicles stated that they saw the pickup southbound past the overpass and attempting to pass a vehicle but lost control on the icy roadway, crossing the center line and leaving the roadway to the east, proceeding down an embankment and rolling several times.
Investigators at the scene indicated evidence was consistent with the witness statements.
Hergenrader was thrown from the truck and died at the scene, authorities said.
