(KLZA)--A Nebraska state trooper was killed in the line of duty Monday.

The Nebraska State Patrol says 31-year-old Trooper Kyle McAcy was responding with other troopers to a crash on Interstate 80 between Ashland and Greenwood, when he was struck by a snow plow while outside his patrol car.

Authorities said he died at the scene.

McAcy was a 10-year veteran of the Nebraska State Patrol.

The state patrol asked the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office to investigate the crash.