(MSC News)--A Kansas woman is dead, killed Thursday night in a single vehicle crash in Richardson County, Nebraska.

The Omaha World-Herald identifies the victim as 46-year-old Stephanie Ziegler, of Overbrook.

Citing the Nebraska State Patrol, the newspaper reports Ziegler was a passenger in a vehicle that went out of control on U.S. Highway 75, and struck a guardrail.

Not wearing a seatbelt, Ziegler was thrown from the vehicle.

The fatal wreck happened shortly before 5:30, about four miles south of Dawson.

The Patrol continues to investigate.