(KLZA)-- A Tuesday afternoon two-vehicle Pawnee County wreck claimed the life of an elderly Liberty, Nebraska man.

The Pawnee County Sheriff's office, in a news release,said 85-year-old Charles “Chuck” Thomas, of Liberty, was driving a utility vehicle eastbound on Highway 8   when he attempted to make a turn at the intersection of 609 Avenue and collided with the side of a semi truck.

Thomas, who was not wearing a safety device at the time of the wreck, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The semi driver, 33-year-old Dodge City, Kansas resident Erasmo Jasso-Solis, was not hurt.

Emergency personnel responded to the wreck shortly before 2:30.

The Pawnee County  Sheriff's Office conducted the investigation with assistance from the Nebraska State Patrol.