Jan 13, 2020

Car driver dies after collision with city snow machine

Posted Jan 13, 2020 8:20 PM

Authorities say a driver died after his car collided with city snow removal machine in Beatrice.

First responders were dispatched just after 2 a.m. Sunday on a report that the driver was pinned inside the wreckage of his car.

The city machine was removing ridged snow from the center of a street.

The car driver died at Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center about an hour after the accident.

Authorities identified him as 34-year-old Jeremy Lopez, who lived in Beatrice.

The city machine operator wasn't injured.

The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the collision.