(AP) — Two people have been killed following a collision between a pickup and semitrailer near Louisville (LOO’-is-vihl) in eastern Nebraska.
The accident occurred around 4 a.m. Friday on Nebraska Highway 50, north of the Platte River. Authorities say the pickup ran a stop sign and was hit by the big rig.
19-year-old Tyler Armknect, a passenger in the pickup, was pronounced dead at the scene. The pickup driver, 25-year-old David Gressley, was flown to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he was pronounced dead.
The semitrailer driver, 66-year-old James Kastanek, was taken to a hospital but wasn’t hurt.