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Authorities ID Nebraska Crash Victims

Hall-County-Sheriff(AP) — Authorities have released the names of a motorcyclist who was killed and a car driver who was injured in a collision on U.S. Highway 30 just east of Grand Island.

The accident occurred just after 4 p.m. Sunday. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says the motorcycle was headed east when it struck the driver’s side of a northbound car that was turning left onto the highway at Gunbarrel Road.

The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the scene. On Monday the Sheriff’s Office identified him as 52-year-old Rodney Beckman, of Marquette.

The car driver was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. She was identified as 59-year-old Constance Baasch, of Grand Island. Her injuries were considered non-life-threatening.

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