Authorities say a 79-year-old man died in a crash involving a pickup truck and farm tractor on SR 290 north of Winnemucca last week. 

Nevada Highway Patrol says the crash happened near Humboldt County mile marker 14 last Tuesday, just before 12:15 p.m. 

NHP says Joe Frank Sicking was driving a Ford F-350 pickup north on SR 290 behind a farm tractor with fertilizer trailer when the truck hit the back of the trailer and went off the roadway into a fence. 

Troopers say the impact also caused the John Deere 7700 tractor to separate from the Adams fertilizer trailer and stop on the shoulder, with the trailer stopping in the northbound lane. 

NHP says the Ford driver suffered life-threatening injuries and later died on scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

If you have any information that can help authorities, contact the NHP Elko Office at (775) 753-111a or e-mail ncemirt@dps.state.nv.us.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A crash involving a farm tractor and a pickup north of Winnemucca kept a stretch of State Route 290 closed for several hours.

According to the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Division, the crash happened on SR-290 near Humboldt 15, just north of Winnemucca.

Troopers say a farm tractor pulling a fertilizer trailer was traveling northbound when a silver Ford F350 driving behind it hit the fertilizer trailer from the rear.

After the impact, the pickup went off the right side of the road.

The driver of the Ford, a man, was pronounced dead at the scene. No other information about the man is being released until the next of kin is notified.