Omaha,NE : Five killed in crashes on I-80 in another deadly weekend on stretch of road on May, Sunday 6th 2018

The stretch of Interstate 80 west of Lincoln turned deadly for the second weekend in a row.

Five people were killed in collisions on the Interstate between Lincoln and York on Sunday morning. The first collision claimed four lives, and traffic problems related to it may have contributed to two other crashes Sunday, said Cody Thomas, a spokesman for the Nebraska State Patrol. The crashes all occurred on eastbound I-80 over a span of about four hours and within 14 miles of one another, according to the patrol.

A week ago, there were crashes in the same general area Sunday and Monday. Those crashes left one person dead and more than a dozen injured. The crashes were caused by dust clouds from nearby fields, and more than 40 vehicles were ensnared in the pileups.

Sunday’s collisions were not dust-related.

The first collision Sunday occurred when a westbound car with five people inside veered through the median and collided with an oncoming eastbound vehicle.

According to the Seward County Sheriff’s Office, the driver overcorrected after drifting onto the shoulder of westbound I-80 and encountering rumble strips. Three unrestrained passengers in the vehicle were ejected and killed instantly. A fourth passenger also died at the scene. The ages of the deceased were 49, 20, 19 and 19.

The driver of the westbound car, a 20-year-old, and the driver of the vehicle that was struck, a 76-year-old, had life-threatening injuries and were taken by helicopter to an area hospital.


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Five killed in crashes on I-80 in another deadly weekend on stretch of road