Jun 06, 2021

Gretna woman killed after car leaves roadway, hits tree

Posted Jun 06, 2021 10:25 PM

GRETNA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Gretna woman was killed Saturday after her car left the roadway and struck a tree.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says Julia Wynkoop-Wiley, 52, was identified as the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup.

She was taken by a medical helicopter to the Nebraska Medicine Trauma Center.

She was pronounced dead shortly after she arrived.

The sheriff’s office says Wynkoop-Wiley was heading south on Westridge Road when she left the roadway at a curve and hit a tree.

The crash was reported at 12:38 p.m.

Officials say no further details will be released in the early stages of the investigation.