May 04, 2020

Weekend crash in near North Platte leaves 1 woman dead

Posted May 04, 2020 7:31 PM

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Officials with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department in central Nebraska say a woman has died in a weekend crash near North Platte.

The department says in a Facebook post that the crash happened just before 4 p.m. Saturday, when a southbound pickup truck pulling a camper on U.S. Highway 83 left the road and rolled.

Investigators say four people in the truck were injured and taken to a North Platte hospital.

The driver, 64-year-old Susan Wong of Spokane, Washington, died from her injuries.

The three others are expected to recover.