WAHOO — Authorities say a man was killed when he was knocked from the top of a viaduct on U.S. 77.
Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz said in a news release Friday that five northbound vehicles were involved in a pileup at about 6:20 p.m. Thursday on the viaduct on the west side of Wahoo.
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The sheriff's office said 65-year-old Gene Lefler of Bennington had left his vehicle to check on another driver when a semi went out of control on the icy pavement and struck Lefler.
Lefler was taken to Saunders Medical Center in Wahoo and then to a Lincoln hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The sheriff says no other injuries were reported.
