(AP) — A woman will receive a traffic ticket in connection to a car collision last month that injured an Omaha police officer.

Omaha City Prosecutor David Smalheiser said Wednesday that a traffic citation for careless driving will be issued to 39-year-old Michele Eshelman.

Police say Eshelman was driving an SUV on the southwest side of the city on Feb. 20 when it rear-ended the patrol car of Officer Lou Tomsu. He had been investigating another crash at the time.

Tomsu suffered serious injuries, including a cut to the back of the head and rib injuries. Eshelman was not injured.

(AP) — A man accused of killing four people in Omaha last summer wants a judge to decide his case.

Records shows 27-year-old Nikko Jenkins recently requested to waive a jury trial. He wants Douglas County Judge Peter Batallion to set a date for a bench trial. A hearing on the matter has been scheduled for Tuesday.

Jenkins is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the August deaths of Juan Uribe-Pena, Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz, Curtis Bradford and Andrea Kruger. He has pleaded not guilty, and claims he didn’t receive proper mental health treatment while previously in prison.

On Friday, Batallion granted Jenkins’ request to act as his own attorney in the case, though a public defender will provide him advice.

(AP) — A proposal to expand health care coverage to low-income Nebraskans won’t make it out of the Legislature this year.

Lawmakers lacked enough support to bring the measure to a vote after eight hours of debate. The bill will not be taken up again in this legislative session.

The “Wellness in Nebraska Act” laid out a plan to help cover health care costs for about 54,000 residents through a combination of Medicaid and subsidized private health insurance. It would have cost an estimated $62 million between July of this year and June 2020.

Supporters argued the proposal would have helped rural hospitals and working Nebraskans. But opponents who successfully blocked further consideration said it would have diverted money away from other priorities, such as education.

(AP) — A state trooper will receive a traffic ticket in connection to a vehicle collision that Omaha police say happened after he ran a red light.

Omaha City Prosecutor David Smalheiser said Wednesday that 43-year-old Jason Morris will get a citation for violating a traffic signal.

Police say Morris was driving when he ran a red light in the early morning hours of Feb. 23. He collided with another vehicle. Two adults and three children went to the hospital but were not seriously hurt. Morris was not injured.

An investigation of the crash remains ongoing. Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins says an internal review or investigation will not be public information because it is a personnel issue.