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Omaha Police: Wrong-Way Driver Died After Crash

fatal-accidentOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a wrong-way driver died after her sedan was rammed by a panel truck just west of downtown Omaha.

Officers were dispatched to the scene a little after 4:15 a.m. Wednesday. Police say a woman was driving south on a section of 24th Street that was one-way northbound when her car was hit by the westbound panel truck.

The woman was pronounced dead at an Omaha hospital. Police identified her as 31-year-old Marketta Smith, of Omaha. The panel truck driver was identified as 31-year-old Trevor Wurtz, of Papillion. Police Sgt. Doug Klein says Wurtz wasn’t injured.

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