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Columbus man fatally injured in highway collision

fatal-crashCOLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after a collision south of Columbus in eastern Nebraska.

The crash occurred around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 81, just south of the Platte River bridge. The Nebraska State Patrol says 64-year-old Tom Murphy was driving north when a southbound pickup turned left in front of his vehicle.

Murphy was fatally injured. The pickup driver was taken to Columbus Community Hospital. The patrol identified him as 56-year-old David Hamblin, also of Columbus.

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