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Authorities Release Name of Iowan Killed in Nebraska Crash

sarpy-co.-sheriffsarpBELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say the wrong-way driver who was killed in a Bellevue freeway crash was a 61-year-old man from Iowa.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says the man has been identified as Richard Wilcoxson, of Bedford, Iowa. He died early on Feb. 24 when his sport utility vehicle ran into a semitrailer on the Kennedy Freeway, which also is known as U.S. Highway 75. The truck driver was not injured.

Authorities say the SUV had been spotted earlier heading south in the freeway’s northbound lanes.

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