Mar 25, 2020

Driver fatally injured in rollover crash off state highway

Posted Mar 25, 2020 11:19 AM

DWIGHT, Neb. (AP) - A driver was fatally injured when his vehicle ran off a state highway and rolled in eastern Nebraska's Butler County.

The accident occurred early Tuesday morning, just west of Dwight. David Krafka was headed west on Nebraska Highway 66 when his vehicle crashed and he was ejected, the Butler County Sheriff's Office said. The 51-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Alcohol consumption is suspected as a crash factor, the sheriff's office said.