UPDATE 7/18 5:15 p.m -- The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim as 72-year-old Ronald D. Ayers of Kearney. Highway 30 is back open after a four-hour closure.

KEARNEY, Neb. — One man is dead after a train and van collided in east Kearney.

It happened around 12:30 on Highway 30 just east of Eaton Corporation. The highway is closed from Airport Road to the Highway 10F Link just west of Eaton as authorities investigate the crash.

A news release from the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office says a Union Pacific train was backing up on a railroad service track that crosses the highway. As it was backing up, the train collided with a westbound transportation van. The van driver, an adult man, died at the scene. A woman passenger wasn’t hurt.

Deputies were assisted at the scene by members of the Kearney Police Department, Kearney / Buffalo County Fatality Accident Investigation (FAIT) team, Kearney Volunteer Fire Department, CHI GSH Paramedics, Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska State Department of Roads and Buffalo County Attorney’s Office.

Authorities are waiting to release the man’s name until they notify his family. The investigation is ongoing.