Jul 09, 2021

South Dakota man killed, wife hurt in crash near Ogallala

Posted Jul 09, 2021 5:50 PM

OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — A South Dakota man has died and his wife was hurt in a crash on Interstate 80 in western Nebraska.

The Omaha World-Herald reports the crash happened late Wednesday afternoon just east of Ogallala when a car driven by Judy Kennedy, 72, crashed into the back of a U-Haul trailer stopped on the interstate for a vehicle fire ahead of it.

The Nebraska State Patrol says Kennedy's husband and passenger in the car, William Kennedy, 73, of Watertown, South Dakota, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Judy Kennedy was treated and released from an Ogallala hospital.

The patrol says the occupants of the Jeep pulling the trailer that was hit were not injured.