Associated Press - September 21, 2009 1:15 PM ET

HARVARD, Neb. (AP) - Clay County authorities are investigating a fatal collision at a rural intersection near Harvard in southern Nebraska.

A dispatcher for the Clay County sheriff's department said Monday there's no indication that alcohol use was involved.

She says the collision occurred a little before 5:30 p.m. Friday about a mile west of Harvard.

Fifty-4-year-old Laura Swarts of Harvard was a passenger in a pickup and was ejected when it struck the semitrailer. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The pickup driver, 59-year-old Lloyd Kelly of Clay Center, was taken to a Hastings hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said Kelly was in stable condition on Monday.

The dispatcher says she has no injury information on the semitrailer driver.

Information from: Hastings Tribune, http://www.hastingstribune.com

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