Emporia woman fatally struck and killed by vehicle in Nebraska EMPORIA (KVOE) -- An investigation is underway in Nebraska following a fatal vehicle vs pedestrian accident that claimed the life of an Emporia woman.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska, the accident occurred around 10:20 pm Friday on the shoulder of West Dodge Road and 237th Street just outside the Omaha city limits. According to DCSO, initial indications are that 36-year-old Cheri Blue of Emporia was struck by a vehicle after she reportedly exited a grey Toyota Corolla, which was parked on the shoulder.
Full details are currently pending; however, the sheriff’s office believes Blue was involved in an argument with another passenger when she exited the vehicle and ended up in the traffic lane. Lifesaving measures were underway when deputies arrived on scene and took over; however, Blue was pronounced dead at the scene.
Man and woman killed in UTV, car crash OTTAWA COUNTY (JC POST) —Two people died in an accident just after 9p.m. Saturday in Ottawa County.
According to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s office a UTV occupied by Steven Hovey and Michelle Knight from rural Ottawa failed to stop at an intersection and struck a car three miles north of Bennington.
Knight was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported Hovey to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The driver of the car was not injured. Knight and Hovey were not wearing seat belts.
The accident remains under investigation.
---- Abilene to unveil wild Bill Hickok Monument ABILENE (JC POST) -- Abilene’s Wild West story is about to gain a new landmark.
The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau announced that a new bronze monument honoring legendary lawman James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok at Old Abilene Town will be dedicated as part of the community’s commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death in 1876.