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(KLZA)-- A Tuesday afternoon two-vehicle Pawnee County wreck claimed the life of an elderly Liberty, Nebraska man.
The Pawnee County Sheriff's office, in a news release,said 85-year-old Charles “Chuck” Thomas, of Liberty, was driving a utility vehicle eastbound on Highway 8 when he attempted to make a turn at the intersection of 609 Avenue and collided with the side of a semi truck.
Thomas, who was not wearing a safety device at the time of the wreck, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The semi driver, 33-year-old Dodge City, Kansas resident Erasmo Jasso-Solis, was not hurt.
Emergency personnel responded to the wreck shortly before 2:30.
The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office conducted the investigation with assistance from the Nebraska State Patrol.
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