Police: Driver in fatal Nebraska crash that injured 20 people had used marijuana

LINCOLN, Neb. — One of many drivers in a crash that killed two ladies and injured 20 bystanders watching basic 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 ladies who have been killed Sunday evening in Lincoln. He examined constructive for drug use after the crash, however a breathalyzer take a look at for alcohol use was damaging.

The affect killed each ladies 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 means of a yellow mild on O Avenue 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 have been harm remained hospitalized Tuesday, with one in severe situation and the opposite in truthful situation.

Police stated that 20-year-old Emily Siebenhor and 22-year-old Edith Hermosillo died within the crash. They have 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, instructed the Lincoln Journal Star that they have been nice children.

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