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Nebraska Boy, 17, Killed When Car Strikes Horse-Drawn Buggy

fatal-crash(AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old Nebraska boy was killed and his sister injured when a Cadillac smashed into their horse-drawn buggy near Pawnee City.

Pawnee County Sheriff Jayme Reed says the crash happened around 9 a.m. on Nebraska Highway 8/50.

Reed says a 1992 Cadillac Deville driven by 56-year-old Vivian Cockrell of Pawnee City hit the back of the horse-drawn buggy.

Rueben Yoder died at the scene of the crash. His 20-year-old sister, Fannie Yoder, sustained head injuries and was taken to a Lincoln hospital. But her condition wasn’t immediately available.

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