UPDATE 3-15-17  4:40 pm

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two victims killed in last night’s crash as 36-year-old Jason Bartels and 33-year-old Rebecca Bartels, both of Brady.

The woman injured and flown to a Denver hospital has been identified as 31-year-old Kara Johnson, also of Brady. Her condition is unknown at this time.

The families of the victims are in our thoughts and prayers.

A single-vehicle accident has taken two lives and sent another person to the hospital with serious injuries.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of an injury accident near Mile Marker 203 on Highway 30, three miles east of Brady, at around 11:10 p.m. on Tuesday.

An investigation revealed that a silver 2013 Hyundai Tucson was westbound on Highway 30 when it drove off of the north edge of the road.  Investigators believe the driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to roll multiple times.

According to Chief Deputy Roland Kramer, there were three occupants in the vehicle and all three were ejected.

A female occupant in the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, and a male was transported to a Gothenburg hospital where he later died from his injuries.

Kramer says a third female who was in the vehicle was life-flighted to a Denver hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.

The names of the subjects involved are being withheld pending the notification of family members.

The investigation is ongoing.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska motorcyclists will have to keep wearing helmets for at least another year.

Supporters of the effort to repeal the state’s helmet law failed to overcome a filibuster Tuesday. The bill would have removed a helmet requirement for riders older than 21 and prohibited children age 6 or younger from being passengers on motorcycles.

Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha podiatrist who led the filibuster, says repealing the helmet law would result in more deaths and serious brain injuries. He says Nebraska taxpayers also would end up paying for health care for injured motorcyclists.

Supporters and sponsor Sen. John Lowe of Kearney argued wearing a helmet is a matter of personal freedom and adults should be able to make that choice.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Teachers and students are rallying outside the Capitol before a hearing on a bill that would allow charter schools in Nebraska.

About 75 people gathered Tuesday to celebrate public schools and protest a measure sponsored by Sen. Tyson Larson of O’Neill. It would allow nonprofit entities to open charter schools in any district containing a school with low-performance ratings.

Current and former public school students say their schools serve all students by providing good teachers, extracurricular activities and transportation.

Sen. Rick Kolowski, a retired Omaha high school principal, says public school teachers they do important work and are “under attack” at both the state and federal level.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A committee has set an April 7 hearing date for a residency challenge against Nebraska’s longest-serving state senator.

The special committee voted 7-0 on Tuesday to hear the allegations brought by a political opponent of state Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha.

John Sciara of Omaha has alleged that Chambers lives in Bellevue rather than the north Omaha district he represents in the Legislature. Chambers has scoffed at the claim, providing utility and newspaper subscription bills and a phone book listing as evidence of his north Omaha address.

Sciara ran against Chambers last year but received less than 19 percent of the vote.

The 79-year-old Chambers served in the Legislature from 1979 to 2009. Term limits forced him from his seat, but he returned to office in 2013.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A legislative committee has started to piece together a comprehensive package of income and property tax reforms, but some Nebraska senators say they’re unlikely to reach a unanimous agreement.

Members of the Revenue Committee kicked off a broad discussion Tuesday about what they should send to the full Legislature.

Sen. Jim Smith of Papillion, the committee’s chairman, says the bill needs to address both income and property taxes to avoid a split between urban and rural lawmakers.

Smith has proposed a phased-in income tax cut on Gov. Pete Ricketts’ behalf. He says he’s not counting on full agreement from senators, but believes that the public expects lawmakers to act this year.

Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus says lawmakers have a long ways to go in their discussions.