Authorities: Driver in Fatal Nebraska Crash had Used Marijuana

One of many drivers in a crash that killed two girls and injured 20 bystanders watching traditional automobiles cruise down a Nebraska road examined constructive for marijuana, police stated.

The 18-year-old Omaha man was driving a Ford Taurus that smashed right into a Toyota Corolla carrying the 2 girls who had been killed Sunday night time in Lincoln. He examined constructive for drug use after the crash, however a breathalyzer check for alcohol use was detrimental.

The affect killed each girls within the Toyota and despatched each automobiles onto the sidewalk, the place they struck a crowd of onlookers.

The 18-year-old had not been ticketed as of Tuesday, however the crash report stated he was driving over the 40 mph velocity restrict when he went by way of a yellow mild on O Road in Lincoln earlier than the crash. Police have stated neither of the automobiles within the crash was concerned within the cruising occasion.

Hospital officers stated solely two of the 20 individuals who had been harm remained hospitalized Tuesday, with one in critical situation and the opposite in honest situation.

Police stated that 20-year-old Emily Siebenhor and 22-year-old Edith Hermosillo died within the crash. They had been each from Cozad and residing in Lincoln the place Siebenhor was a junior on the College of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The victims’ junior excessive cross nation coach and highschool counselor, Dustin Favinger, advised the Lincoln Journal Star that they had been nice youngsters.

“It’s by no means simple to lose anyone and whenever you lose somebody who’s younger, it’s that rather more tough and thoughts boggling to try to wrap your head round,” Favinger stated. “They had been simply two actually fantastic youngsters and it’s a giant loss to our world to have them gone.”

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