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Associated Press - November 23, 2009 11:25 AM ET
PONCA, Neb. (AP) - A head-on crash in northeast Nebraska Ponca killed a man from Jackson and sent another man and three kids to a hospital.
Twenty-6-year old Matthew Sandness of Ponca was heading west on Nebraska Highway 12 near Ponca around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when he crossed into the eastbound lane and collided with a tractor-trailer.
The tractor-trailer caught fire as it rolled into a nearby ditch. The 59-year-old driver of the rig, Vernon Nelson of Jackson, died at the scene.
Sandness and the three children in the car were sent to a hospital for treatment. The children were soon released. He was listed in fair condition.
The accident is still under investigation.
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