Two hospitalized after accident at 40th and Yankee Hill Road
Two people were badly injured after an accident Thursday afternoon at 40th Street and Yankee Hill Road.
Lincoln Police Capt. Genelle Moore said witnesses told police that at 1:16 p.m. a delivery truck eastbound on Yankee Hill Road ran a stop sign at the intersection and hit the driver’s side of a Chevy pickup northbound on 40th Street.
The man driving the pickup was momentarily trapped, Moore said. Both he and a female front seat passenger were taken to BryanLGH Medical Center West. As of Thursday evening the man was in the intensive care unit and doctors were still working on the female, Moore said.
An infant that was riding in a car seat in the pickup was fine, Moore said. The delivery truck driver was treated and released. Names of those involved in the accident were not yet available, Moore said.
Lincoln Police Capt. Genelle Moore said witnesses told police that at 1:16 p.m. a delivery truck eastbound on Yankee Hill Road ran a stop sign at the intersection and hit the driver’s side of a Chevy pickup northbound on 40th Street.
The man driving the pickup was momentarily trapped, Moore said. Both he and a female front seat passenger were taken to BryanLGH Medical Center West. As of Thursday evening the man was in the intensive care unit and doctors were still working on the female, Moore said.
An infant that was riding in a car seat in the pickup was fine, Moore said. The delivery truck driver was treated and released. Names of those involved in the accident were not yet available, Moore said.
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