North Carolina man killed in central Nebraska crash involving three semis

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A semitrailer driver was killed Sunday afternoon in a crash on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska.

The Nebraska State Patrol said the crash happened around 12:30 p.m. on I-80 near Elm Creek, just west of Kearney.

A semi was parked on the westbound shoulder in a construction zone when it was struck by another semi that was hauling a piece of agriculture equipment.

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The crash caused the ag equipment to go into the eastbound lanes and hit an oncoming semi, according to the patrol.

The driver of the eastbound semi — 49-year-old Viacheslav Nadolinkskiiof Dallas, North Carolina — was killed in the crash.

The two other drivers suffered minor injuries and have since been released from the hospital.

An investigation is ongoing.  The crash shut down I-80 for about five hours.