Feb 18, 2020

Driver dies when car goes out of control, rolls, hits tree

Posted Feb 18, 2020 6:28 PM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 18-year-old died Tuesday after the car she was driving went out of control and rolled in northeast Omaha.

The crash occurred around 1:25 a.m. when the car ran off the roadway, rolled and then struck a tree.

Police say the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. She's been identified as Alexis McCormick, who lived in Omaha.

Her passenger was taken to a hospital for treatment of a shoulder injury. He's been identified as an 18-year-old Omaha resident, Jason Parrott. Police say alcohol use is being investigated as a contributing crash factor.