1 Person Killed in Western Nebraska Crash - KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings

At least one person has died in an Interstate 80 crash in western Nebraska.

Westbound lanes on I-80 were closed after a multiple vehicle accident occurred Sunday morning.

A Cheyenne County sheriff's dispatcher says the lanes were closed near the Bronson exit four miles west of Sidney, and motorists were being diverted onto U.S. Highway 30.

Reports from users of the website accident.com indicate that the crashes involved semis and other vehicles, and it produced black smoke and flames.

The accidents occurred around 4:20 a.m. and the emergency responders were still cleaning things up at 7 a.m.