(Fremont, NE) – A Montgomery County (IA) man is dead following a crash Wednesday afternoon in Dodge County, Nebraska. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, 32-year-old Anthony Branam, of Villisca died when the vehicle rear-ended a semi-tractor trailer at around 3:30-p.m., Wednesday, on Highway 77, north of Fremont, NE.

The driver of the semi was not injured. Authorities say the crash closed a stretch of the highway for about three hours.