DIXON COUNTY - One person is dead and several are injured after a car accident in northeast Nebraska.

The Dixon County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to a two-vehicle accident on Highway 20 near mile marker 404 on Saturday.

On arrival, authorities found that a car driving east on Highway 20 had collided with a truck with two occupants.

The truck caught fire as a result of the crash.

The driver of the truck 53-year-old Benjamin Galvin, and his passenger 48-year-old Terrie Galvin, both of rural Laurel were taken to Mercy Medical Center with serious injuries.

The driver of the car, 66-year-old Rodney Bressler, of Winside, was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident is under investigation by the Dixon County Sheriff and the Nebraska State Patrol.