The suspect was booked into jail on suspicion of manslaughter, use of a weapon to commit a felony and possession of a stolen firearm.

A motorist assist volunteer was struck and killed Thursday on the southbound Kennedy Freeway just north of the Sarpy County line.

A spokesman said investigators seized cell phones to see if they were being used at the time of the crash and were trying to determine if an alcohol bottle in the ditch had come from either vehicle.

A clerk at the Best Western said the two people killed had been guests at the motel. Investigators were questioning potential witnesses, police said.

OMAHA — A driver has been cited in an Omaha crash that killed a pedestrian.

OMAHA — Police in Omaha announced Thursday the arrest of a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed an Omaha man who was found alongside a s…

A 34-year-old Holdrege man died in a single-vehicle crash on the northwest edge of town early Thursday. 

An officer stopped a car, then called for backup to search the car after smelling marijuana. A man who was a passenger in the car ran from the scene with his hand tucked close to his abdomen, police said.

Steve Hartman, 47, was driving a Ford T-Roadster near U.S. 6 and Bryan Street when he collided with a Chevrolet Colorado.

James Cannia, 61, was killed in the crash Tuesday evening on U.S. 6 west of Culbertson, the patrol said.