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Iowan Dies, Another Injured in Omaha Accident

fatal-crash(AP) — An Iowa man has been killed and an Iowa woman has been injured in an accident along Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska.

Omaha police say the accident occurred a little after 6 a.m. Monday where I-80 merges with Interstate 480 and U.S. Highway 75.

Police say 28-year-old Brian Pete, of Des Moines, Iowa, had stopped and parked his car on the painted median of I-80. Police say it was hit by a westbound sport utility vehicle driven by 26-year-old Sara Barker, of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Pete was pronounced dead at the scene. Barker was taken to an Omaha hospital.

The accident is being investigated.

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