(AP) — A 14-year-old West Texas boy is dead after he ran into a bull statue on the Texas Tech University campus and impaled himself on one of its horns.

University spokesman Chris Cook says Miguel Martinez impaled himself while playing hide-and-seek with friends in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday morning.

Campus police say Martinez was at the museum with two adults and two minors when police were called to the scene. Police say Martinez was running on the National Ranching Heritage Museum on the Texas Tech campus when the horn pierced his chest.

(AP) — Authorities have released the name of a driver killed in a crash off U.S. Highway 34 in southeast Nebraska.

York County Sheriff’s Department identified him as Steve Opfer, of Polk.

Firefighters from Bradshaw had been sent to what was reported as a cornfield fire after 12 a.m. Saturday. They soon found that a car was aflame in a field.

The accident occurred a half mile east of the Hamilton/York County line.

(AP) — Although a Virginia woman became the third wing walker to die in two years when a fiery crash killed her and a pilot at an Ohio air show, those in the business insist such fatal accidents are rare.

Forty-four-year-old wing walker Jane Wicker and 64-year-old pilot Charlie Schwenker were killed Saturday in a crash that was witnessed by thousands of horrified spectators at the Vectren Air Show near Dayton. The cause is not yet known.

John Cudahy, president of the International Council of Air Shows, says from 1975 to 2010 just two wing walkers were killed in the U.S. But since 2011, three wing walkers have died, including Wicker.

Cudahy says the spike appears to be a coincidence and that the business is “not quite as dangerous” as it seems.

In a scenario all to familiar to North Platte residents, a strong thunderstorm has knocked out power to more than 50,000 utility customers in the Omaha area.

The storm that moved across the area Monday morning generated winds near 70 mph, heavy rains and hail nearly an inch wide. No injuries were reported immediately after the storm.

The storm knocked down tree limbs and entire trees in places across Omaha before it moved east into Iowa. A weather spotter reported a 69 mph wind gust in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The Omaha Public Power District reported that nearly 49,000 utility customers in Douglas County were without power around midmorning on Monday. Most of the other power outages were in Sarpy County.

 

(AP) — A worker has been injured at a Valmont Industries plant in eastern Nebraska.

Company spokesman Jeff Laudin (LAH’-dihn) says the accident happened around 3 a.m. Monday at the Valley plant. Laudin says it occurred in the building where steel lighting poles are made.

Laudin says he doesn’t know how the accident happened or the extent of the worker’s injuries. The worker was taken to an Omaha hospital for treatment. His name hasn’t been released.

(AP) — A northeast Nebraska man was injured when a train hit his car in Dakota County.

The crash happened a little after noon Sunday at a crossing just north of Homer.

The driver of the car was Tony C. Josta, of rural Homer.

Kleinberg says he was flown by helicopter to a Sioux City hospital.

Investigators don’t know why Josta’s car was on the tracks.

(AP) — A Nebraska couple accused of burning down a restaurant they owned in South Dakota to collect insurance money has been convicted of felony arson and reckless burning after a weeklong trial.

Attorney General Marty Jackley says a jury in Bon Homme County returned the verdict on Friday against 62-year-old Charles Johnson and 56-year-old Kimberly Johnson, of Niobrara Neb. They each face up to 20 years in prison and $40,000 in fines when they’re sentenced Aug. 7.

The charges stemmed from an October 2010 fire that destroyed Libby’s Steak House in Springfield and another business and damaged a third.

(AP) — One person is dead following a fiery rollover crash on U.S. Highway 34 in southeast Nebraska.

Firefighters from Bradshaw were sent to what was reported as a cornfield fire after 12 a.m. Saturday.

Bradshaw Fire Chief Todd Hellerich says another motorist who stopped to investigate the blaze soon realized it was a vehicle on fire.

Hellerich says firefighters found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames by the time they arrived and that the driver was still inside.

Officials are working to identify the driver. Hellerich says the crash and fire so badly damaged the vehicle that authorities don’t yet know what type it is.

(AP) — A Grand Island man has been convicted of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct after pleading no contest to one of four felony charges in the case.

According to Court records, 26-year-old Ryan Brumbaugh entered the plea Friday in Hall County District Court. Investigators say the charge involves the distribution in October of a video by way of the Internet of a 7-year-old old girl engaged in sexual acts with an adult male.

Three other charges were dismissed in exchange for his plea.

Brumbaugh is set to be sentenced on Sept. 5.

(AP) — A Madison man has drowned at Lake North near Columbus in eastern Nebraska.

Family members identified the man as 24-year-old Jorge Manuel.

Law enforcement officials responded to a 911 call around 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Platte County Sheriff’s Office had the lake blocked off while the vehicles were on the scene.

Officials have not released any information about the drowning by midday Sunday.