STRATTON, NE – A Russell County man died in an accident just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday in Hitchcock County, Nebraska.

Officials with the Hitchcock County Sheriff’s office reported strong winds from a thunderstorm lifted a 5th Wheel R.V. and slammed it to the ground.

Heath R. Erbert, 38, Lucas, died in the violent accident.

Storm damage in the southwest Nebraska community of Stratton, 30 minutes north of Atwood, is still under investigation by the National Weather Service.