LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — A Palmyra man was charged in the death of fallen Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Kyle McAcy on Thursday.

According to court documents filed in Cass County Court, prosecutors charged 56-year-old Thomas Jordan with a single count of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide.

He has been asked to voluntarily appear for an arraignment on Aug. 26 at 9 a.m.

Trooper McAcy was hit and killed while responding to a crash on Interstate 80 on Feb. 17.

A preliminary investigation determined Trooper McAcy and another trooper responded to a crash that involved a Nebraska Department of Transportation snow plow and two passenger vehicles at 9:20 a.m.

NSP said one of the vehicles had hit the rear of the snow plow as it was plowing eastbound I-80 near Ashland.

The troopers checked on ev

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