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Icy Roads Take A Life In Central Nebraska

ambulanceA 43-year-old driver has been killed in a collision on an icy state highway in central Nebraska.

The Nebraska State Patrol says 29-year-old Chrystal Hopkins, of rural Grand Island, lost control of her sport utility vehicle just after 8 a.m. Monday while driving north on U.S. Highway 281. The vehicle slid in front of an oncoming SUV driven by Robert Guenette, of St. Libory. The accident occurred on the southern edge of St. Libory.

Guenette was killed. Hopkins was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island and then released after treatment.

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