COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – A second person has died from injuries sustained in a rollover crash in Columbus last weekend, and charges are pending against the driver.
22-year-old Zachary Tharnish of Columbus died at an Omaha hospital. Previously, another passenger – 19-year-old Candace Randall-Stewart of Columbus – also died.
One other passenger in the vehicle that crashed early Saturday morning – 18-year-old Skye Butterfield, of Columbus -has been released from the hospital.
The 21-year-old driver, Genaro Anaya, of Norfolk, was arrested after the crash on suspicion of vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and willful reckless driving.
Formal charges had not been filed against Anaya as of Thursday morning, but he remained in custody in Platte County.