Nebraska & Iowa Accident News

A white van struck a Toyota Camry head-on and a second car then hit the Camry at 50th and Saddle Creek Road just after 6 p.m. Sunday, Omaha police say. Five people were hospitalized, three critically. Police are investigating whether the van driver had a health emergency.

A sedan turning left from westbound O Street onto 84th Street was struck by an eastbound truck at about 10:05 p.m. Friday in east Lincoln, police say. A 17-year-old passenger from Lincoln was killed. Updated Oct. 20: the crash report says the westbound Camry pulled out in front of the eastbound pickup to turn south; no citations yet.

A southbound vehicle turning east onto West Third Street from U.S. Highway 385 crossed into the path of an oncoming motorcycle at 1:35 p.m. Sunday in Alliance, police say. The 17-year-old rider was killed. The Box Butte County Sheriff’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol are investigating.

A southbound 1991 Nissan pickup on Broadway struck an 86-year-old man who police say was crossing in the crosswalk at 23rd Street in Scottsbluff on Friday. He died at Regional West Medical Center. Charges are pending the outcome of the investigation.

A westbound Ford Focus entered the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 30 near Third Road in Merrick County and collided head-on with an eastbound Chevy Malibu at about 4:55 p.m. Thursday, the sheriff’s office says. Both drivers died at the scene.

A westbound GMC Sierra failed to stop at a red light on Ida Street and struck a southbound Porsche 911 on Irvington Road shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says. The Porsche’s 70-year-old driver died at UNMC. The Sierra’s driver faces an alleged motor vehicle homicide charge. Updated Oct. 21: a judge raised his bond from $7,500 to $50,000; he remains in ICE custody.

A southbound Nissan Rogue driven by a 16-year-old failed to stop at the stop sign on South 82nd Street and broadsided an eastbound Kia Soul on Roca Road at 11:55 a.m. Sunday, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says. The Kia’s 43-year-old driver died at the scene.

A gravel shoulder roller tipped into the south ditch in the 18000 block of 240th Street near Eldridge shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday and pinned a construction worker, who was flown by University of Iowa AirCare with serious injuries. Iowa DOT awarded the county’s F45 resurfacing contract on that stretch to Valley Construction Co.

A 17-year-old walking west in the roadway in the 400 block of West 18th Place was struck by an eastbound 2004 Chevrolet TrailBlazer shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday and died at the scene. The driver was 15. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating.

A black 2011 Chevrolet Impala on stop-controlled 290th Street failed to stop and struck a northbound Mazda 6 on 210th Avenue about 11:35 p.m. Saturday, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office says. Both young men in the Mazda died at the scene; four teens in the Impala were hospitalized.

A southbound semi and two northbound cars collided about 6:26 p.m. Tuesday on South Cody Road at West Canal Shore Drive in LeClaire. Moriah Rosa, 32, was killed; the three children riding with her are in critical condition, and the 18-year-old driver of the other car was seriously injured. On the released sequence, Ms. Rosa’s car came into a crash already under way; fault between the semi and the other car is unknown. Why reconstruction and preserving the truck’s data matter, the children’s own claims under Iowa law, and why even the uninjured truck driver may have a claim.

A construction worker died Friday at the ContiTech plant at 400 Goodyear Road in Mount Pleasant. The company says he was not its employee — he worked for a sub-contractor of the general contractor on a compounding-project build. His name and the way he was hurt have not been released. Why that one fact about who employed him is the most important one legally, how Iowa death benefits are calculated and where families lose money on the wage figure, and why a subcontractor's family may have a claim against the general contractor or the plant owner that workers' compensation never reaches.

A woman riding an eastbound motorcycle on Riverview Drive died after colliding with a southbound Ford Ranger at C Street about 4:50 p.m. Thursday; the pickup's driver was not hurt, and police have not said who had the right of way. How a Nebraska wrongful death claim works, why comparative fault decides these intersection cases, and why the physical evidence and the rider's own underinsured-motorist coverage matter so much.

She was struck just before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday while crossing Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway near Washington Avenue, and the driver did not stop. A home security camera and a license plate reader led police to a 2018 Nissan Rogue about four hours later; the driver is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving with no insurance. Why an uninsured hit-and-run driver usually means the family's own uninsured-motorist coverage is where recovery comes from, why fleeing the scene makes blaming the pedestrian much harder, and why crossing outside a crosswalk is not an automatic bar in Iowa.

A crash involving an Omaha Police cruiser was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday on westbound I-80 near 84th Street, in the rain. One person was taken to the hospital; dispatch said the injured person was not an officer. The left lane and left shoulder stayed blocked for hours, and a separate jackknifed semi between 42nd and 60th added to it. Nobody has said yet how the crash happened. Why a claim involving a city police vehicle runs on a one-year clock instead of four years, what an emergency vehicle's privileges do and do not cover, and which of Nebraska's two move-over statutes actually applies on an interstate.

A crash just before 3 a.m. near 84th Street, a semi overturned between 84th and 72nd shortly after, and a second semi overturned at 84th around 3:55 a.m. All eastbound lanes closed at L Street until just before 7:30 a.m., with the I-680 ramp shut and traffic pushed onto West Dodge and West Center. Two people went to the hospital with injuries police said were not considered serious. Why the detour hurt worse than the wreck, what the federal data says about crashes at the back of a queue, and what to do if you were hit in it.

Updated September 15: the passenger has died, making this a double fatality. A car traveling east on Bennington Road entered the intersection against a stop sign at about 10 a.m. Saturday and was struck on the driver's side by a southbound semi on 204th Street, in the country between Elkhorn and Bennington. The 25-year-old driver died at the scene; her passenger, 20-year-old Cameron Colter of Council Bluffs, was pronounced deceased at the Nebraska Medical Center. Why a passenger's family is not caught by the 50-percent bar, why a claim against the driver is a claim against a policy and not against anyone's memory, and why the insurance search in the first month decides what a wrongful death case is actually worth.

A Ford Edge and a Freightliner semi registered to MidAmerican Energy collided broadside at a rural two-way stop east of Eagle Grove at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, sending all four occupants to the hospital and the 17-year-old driver on to a Des Moines hospital for emergency surgery, with more anticipated. All four were belted, and the crash report credited the belts with saving their lives. What each of the four families can pursue, and why the sight lines at that corner need measuring before the corn comes out.

Vernon Hays, 73, and Gabriel Johnson, 22, both of Kingsland, Texas, were pronounced dead at the scene after their westbound Mazda SUV was struck by a northbound Union Pacific train at 5:59 a.m. Thursday — about an hour before sunrise — at a crossing east of 12th Street and Church Road between Plattsmouth and Murray. The crossing has no gates and no cross arms, only crossbucks and a yield sign. Why “the train had the right of way” is the beginning of a crossing case and not the end of one.

Wayne County Sheriff Keith Davis confirmed a man died Monday morning after a skid loader accident on Main Street in Clio; the cause is undetermined and, as of Tuesday's reporting, his name and whether he was working had not been released. What Iowa Code § 85.31 pays a surviving spouse and children, the § 85.28 burial benefit, and when § 85.22 lets a family pursue a manufacturer, rental company or site controller alongside comp.

A 5-year-old on a push scooter was struck while crossing in a marked crosswalk at 40th and Van Dorn Streets at 11:55 a.m. Sunday and remains in critical condition with life-threatening head injuries. Lincoln police say the driver had a green light, was not speeding, and was not cited. Why a green light and no citation are the beginning of a crosswalk case, not the end of one.

A motorcyclist died at Nebraska Medicine after his bike and an SUV collided in the 2700 block of 5th Avenue, near 27th Street, at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Council Bluffs police are withholding his name pending family notification and have not said what led to the crash. What a family can pursue after a fatal motorcycle collision, and why rider cases start from behind.

A southbound Chevrolet Equinox and a northbound Dodge Dakota collided head-on on Kirkwood Avenue between St. Ansgar and Osage at about 4 p.m. Friday, killing both drivers; the Dakota's passenger, Yvonne Yoders, 71, was flown to Mayo Clinic, where the Iowa State Patrol said her seat belt saved her life. The Patrol says the vehicles collided "for unknown reasons." Why a wrongful death claim survives when both drivers die, and where the evidence goes.

A 76-year-old Lincoln man driving a Ford Taurus died at CHI Health Good Samaritan after a four-vehicle crash involving a semi on eastbound I-80 near mile marker 276, four miles east of the Kearney exit, at 10:38 p.m. Thursday. No sequence of impacts has been reported and no cause stated. How fault is divided in a chain-reaction interstate crash, and what a semi in the mix changes.

Deputies say a driver in a black Jeep Wrangler honked at three boys, ages 14, 12 and 10, riding electric dirt bikes illegally near 205th and Harrison, followed them off the road into a field when they fled, ran over the 14-year-old, chased another, and left. The boy has a non-life-threatening leg injury; the driver has not been found. Why an intentional act flips the liability analysis — and the insurance.

Responders were called to the prison five miles south of Newton at about 10:56 a.m. Wednesday after people inside began getting sick. Patients went to Grinnell Regional, Iowa Methodist, MercyOne Newton and Des Moines hospitals; UnityPoint called its eight non-life-threatening, MercyOne said its nine were unknown. No agency has named a chemical, and unnamed sources have pointed to roof construction. Workers' compensation, third-party contractor claims, and the much narrower path for people who were hurt inside.

A westbound Iowa Interstate Railroad engine struck a semi at a gravel-road crossing in the 3800 block of 50th Street at about 4:27 p.m. Tuesday. Crews extricated the 64-year-old driver from the cab and airlifted him to Des Moines in critical condition; nobody on the train was hurt. No cause has been stated, and nobody has reported whether the crossing has gates or only crossbucks. Why a grade-crossing case is unlike any other truck case.

A Chevrolet Traverse and a Mazda collided at Old Cheney Road and Hunts Drive at about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, leaving one vehicle upside down and a male driver hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Old Cheney closed for two hours; Lincoln police have released no names and are still investigating the cause. What an undetermined-fault intersection crash means for the person who was hurt.

Two separate semi crashes minutes apart at mile marker 388 shut six miles of eastbound I-80 west of Lincoln before dawn Tuesday. One truck struck concrete barriers and was left disabled in the roadway; a second struck barriers, overturned and caught fire, sending its driver to Bryan West with non-life-threatening injuries. No cause has been stated. Workers' compensation and third-party claims after a commercial-truck crash.

A 59-year-old Lone Rock man driving for State Line Coop of Burt died Monday afternoon when his Western Star truck left James Avenue north of 290th Street in Hancock County, crossed a field drive and a fence, struck a tree and became engulfed in flames. The Iowa State Patrol has not stated a cause. What a surviving spouse and children may be entitled to under Iowa's workers' compensation law.

A 49-year-old Lincoln man died when his northbound motorcycle crossed the median on Homestead Expressway just north of Rosa Parks Way and collided head-on with a southbound sedan Friday night. The sedan's four occupants were treated with no severe injuries; Lincoln police are investigating why the motorcycle crossed.

A man was flown to UNMC in Omaha with a crush injury after part of a crane came down on him at the Nucor Steel facility in rural Stanton County. Nucor's emergency response team and Norfolk Fire and Rescue freed and treated him; the sheriff says OSHA will likely investigate.

A 60-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after police say a Volkswagen traveling at a high rate of speed ran the red light at 84th and Dodge at 2 a.m. and t-boned his minivan. The 19-year-old Volkswagen driver was also hospitalized; no citations have been reported.

A 29-year-old Denison man died when the car he was riding in pulled out from the Highway 30 median crossover at Chamberlain Drive into the path of an eastbound semi, which struck the passenger side. The driver was flown to UNMC with serious injuries; the Iowa State Patrol is investigating.

A Lincoln man was hospitalized with serious injuries after a vehicle turned left from a driveway into his path on S 56th Street at Lowell Avenue in southeast Lincoln. Police say the rider was speeding; no citations have been issued and the investigation is open.

A 33-year-old motorcyclist died after two southbound motorcycles collided on NW 1st Street near West Grand Drive in northwest Lincoln's Highlands neighborhood. Updated Aug. 27: police say the rider clipped the other bike's front tire while passing, and a DUI citation initially issued to the surviving rider has been withdrawn.

A 73-year-old Hastings woman died when her SUV, traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-80 at mile marker 312, struck a semi under a dense fog advisory near the Grand Island interchange. Investigators are still determining how the SUV ended up in the wrong lanes.

A 19-year-old Arnold woman was airlifted in critical condition after her Chevrolet Blazer crossed the center line and struck a pickup head-on on Highway 70 west of Arcadia in Valley County. Investigators are still working to determine what caused the crossing.

A 41-year-old Bloomingdale, Illinois man died after a single-vehicle crash on 1st Street South under the Highway 20 overpass in Dubuque County; a second occupant was seriously injured. The cause remains under investigation.

Four people were hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after a crash on the northbound North Freeway near the Lake Street off-ramp in Omaha early Sunday morning.

A Jeep left the roadway, returned, and crossed into oncoming traffic on South Story Street in Boone, striking a Ford Edge head-on. The Jeep's driver died; a 3-year-old passenger in the Ford was critically injured and a 7-month-old was also hurt.

A semi pulling a flat-bed trailer had been parked on the shoulder of westbound I-80 near Brady and was merging back into traffic when a second semi struck it from behind and caught fire, killing its driver. What Nebraska's updated move-over law and workers' compensation mean for the family.

Saturnino Carrera Torres, 85, died after being struck by a turning pickup while crossing Fourth Street in a marked crosswalk in Norfolk; the driver was cited for motor vehicle homicide and failure to yield. What families should know about a driver's duty to keep a lookout.

A Chrysler ran a red light at Cornhusker Road and 48th Street in Sarpy County Friday night and struck two vehicles with the green, killing its 68-year-old driver and injuring the other two drivers. What families should know about their rights after a red-light-running crash.

A 75-year-old Denison woman with the right of way was killed when an SUV pulled from a stop sign into her path at Highway 30 Diagonal and 210th Street in Greene County, Iowa; the two occupants of the SUV survived thanks to their seatbelts. What families should know about their rights after a failure-to-yield crash.

An eastbound semi drifted onto the I-80 shoulder near Sutherland and struck a parked pickup, killing a woman and critically injuring a child; the semi driver faces a motor vehicle homicide charge. Updated Aug. 27: the victim identified as a 22-year-old Colorado woman; the driver out on bond with a Sept. 9 court date.

A pickup and semi trailer collided and caught fire on eastbound I-80 near Maxwell, Nebraska Thursday afternoon; one person was transported for treatment. What families should know about their rights in a passenger-vehicle/semi crash.

A North Platte motorcyclist died and his wife was injured in a multi-vehicle passing crash on U.S. Highway 30 near Brady during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, when a seasonal surge of riders fills Nebraska's highways. What families should know about their rights.

A car collided with a UTV at a rural Dubuque County intersection Saturday night, killing two people and hospitalizing five others. What families should know about liability and how homeowners vs. commercial insurance can come into play in a UTV crash.

A vehicle struck two cars parked on the Highway 20 shoulder south of Earlville, Iowa, killing a 24-year-old Dubuque man standing outside his car. What Iowa's move-over law requires, and what families should know about their rights.

A Dodge Charger driver attempting to pass another vehicle collided head-on with a Chevrolet Impala on Highway 10 near Maurice, Iowa, then struck a tow truck; a vehicle caught fire. Two people died. What families should know about their rights after a fatal passing-related crash.

A semi was backing its trailer across Highway 38 into a private driveway near Tipton when a car struck the left side of the trailer, killing one person. Why sight lines, perception-reaction time, warning triangles, and the truck's black box data are central to what happens next for the family.

A pickup ran the stop sign at Highway 30 and 3rd Road and struck a westbound Jeep, sending its driver by life-flight to an Omaha trauma center. Alcohol is suspected for the pickup driver — and Nebraska's decades-old $25,000 minimum insurance limits make underinsured motorist coverage critical in crashes like this.

A hit-and-run driver in a beige or silver sedan struck a 30-year-old man crossing 76th and Dodge Streets late Friday night and fled the scene, leaving him in critical condition. What victims of hit-and-run crashes should know about their rights when the at-fault driver hasn't been found.

A Dodge Caravan and a GMC pickup collided head-on on Highway 30 near County Road 36th in Merrick County. The van's driver was airlifted with serious injuries and the pickup's driver was cited. What a citation can mean for a family's claim after a head-on crash.

A Kenworth semi changing lanes struck a Chevrolet Equinox on I-80 near 102nd Street; the car hit the barrier, was struck by a second semi, and caught fire. The 62-year-old driver died at CUMC-Bergan Mercy. What families should know about their rights after a fatal semi-truck crash.

A woman was ejected and died at the scene and a man was flown by helicopter with serious injuries after their SUV pulled into the path of a semi-tanker hauling anhydrous ammonia on U.S. Highway 136 in Gage County. The tanker stayed sealed with no leak.

A semi-tanker crossed the center line on a curve at the east junction of Highway 77 and Highway 41, sideswiped a pickup, and overturned in a ditch, killing its driver. The claims that can exist after a truck crash — including workers' compensation for the driver's own family.

Barbara Johnson, 71, of Boone, Iowa, died after the Kia she was riding in failed to yield at U.S. Highway 30 West and Corporal Snedden Drive and was struck by a pickup. What families should know about a passenger's rights after a fatal intersection crash.

A semi-truck driver and his passenger were killed when their truck left northbound I-29 near the Honey Creek exit and struck a bridge support column, tearing the truck in half. Neither was wearing a seat belt.

Todd Richardson, 63, of Sinton, Texas, was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 70/91 near the Garfield/Wheeler County line. What families should know about their rights after a rural highway crash.

A person died in a grain bin entrapment south of Ashton, Nebraska on July 28, 2026. What families should know about their rights after a fatal grain bin accident.

An 81-year-old Cedar Rapids driver died and three people were hurt when a Ford Escape crossed the center line on Highway 52 and struck a Ford F250 head-on. How compensation works when the at-fault driver died in the crash.

A northbound Tesla Cybertruck struck a westbound Nissan sedan at the intersection; the Nissan's driver was life-flighted and later died. What families should know about their rights after a fatal intersection crash.

A westbound Chevrolet Silverado crossed the center line on Highway 18 and struck a Nissan Rogue head-on, seriously injuring both drivers. What families should know about their rights after a head-on crash.

A two-vehicle crash closed eastbound I-80 near Milford for over an hour and sent one person to the hospital. What families should know about their rights after a highway crash like this.

A two-vehicle crash at 33rd and Vine in central Lincoln sent two people to the hospital and left one vehicle in a front yard and another against Hartley Elementary School.

A Kearney, Missouri family of four was hospitalized, including a 13-year-old flown by helicopter, after a rollover crash in an I-35 work zone near Northwood, Iowa.

A Bennington child has died days after being struck by a pickup truck while riding his scooter near 179th Street and Island Road. What families should know about a driver's duty of care and their legal options.