LINCOLN – An incident at a boat ramp at Willow Creek State Recreation Area near Pierce in northeast Nebraska has claimed the life of a woman.

 On the afternoon of July 10, emergency personnel, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission responded to a call of an unconscious 74-year-old Oakland, Ore., woman. She was transported to Faith Regional Medical Center in Norfolk, where she passed away that night.

 Witnesses reported the woman was boating with her family and had just stepped off the boat onto the dock when she apparently lost her balance, falling off the end of the dock into the water. She had remained under the dock a short time before family members were able to remove her from the water and witnesses began performing CPR.

 The victim was wearing an inflatable life jacket but apparently was unable to deploy it.

 The name of the victim has not been released, pending notification of relatives.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say excessive speed was a factor in a crash that killed a 24-year-old Omaha driver.

The crash happened Friday afternoon near 42nd Street and Sorenson Parkway in midtown Omaha. Investigators say Antwaun Rollerson was driving westbound on Sorenson Parkway when he crossed into the right lane, hit a curb and flipped the car.

Rollerson, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 16-year-old passenger in the vehicle who was wearing a seat belt escaped uninjured.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has reversed a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring an employee hurt during a company party.

The case stems from a 2010 cookout Aurora Cooperative, which owns grain elevators in southeast Nebraska, held for its customers in Ong. A co-op employee, John Jacobitz, was injured in a fall from the back of a pickup during the cookout while helping move a grill to a company shed.

The workers’ compensation court based its finding for Jacobitz on the fact that “the co-op received a substantial benefit from Jacobitz’s attendance.” But the Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday that the standard for whether an employee is entitled to benefits when injured at a social event tied to employment is “a substantial direct benefit,” not merely a “substantial benefit.”

ARBORVILLE, Neb. (AP) — The director of the York County Historical Society wants county commissioners to declare the tiny Zion Cemetery abandoned so it can be cleared of thick weeds, grass and debris.

The two-acre cemetery is located on farm ground in the township of Arborville and is inaccessible by vehicle.

The historical society’s director, Nancy Beach, wants commissioners to declare the cemetery as fully abandoned so work can be done at the site. She says she’ll work to gather the signatures of 35 county residents who support the abandonment of the cemetery as required by state law.

She says that the county surveyor has agreed to re-survey the property. Once that’s done, she says she’ll present documentation to commissioners so they can take action.