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Beatrice Driver Drives Across Courthouse Lawn, Crashes Into Garage

beatrice-police(AP) — Authorities in Beatrice are investigating why a pickup truck drove across a courthouse lawn, collided with a dumpster and crashed into a garage complex.

The Beatrice Police Department says 30-year-old Nathan Diekman was driving around 1:30 a.m. Thursday when his car jumped the curb and proceeded on its path. Damage included a tree and several vehicles in the garage.

Beatrice Police Sgt. Brian Carver says Diekman was at a local bar earlier in the evening but he was not intoxicated. Carver says Diekman may have experienced a medical episode before the crash. Diekman was taken to a local hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

Residents and Gage County courthouse workers spent a part of Thursday morning picking up debris left by the accident.

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