Omaha man arrested in crash that killed two women, unborn child

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police arrested an Omaha man Wednesday on suspicion of being drunk and causing a fiery crash last week that killed two women, including one who was eight months pregnant.

Zachary Paulison, who turned 22 Wednesday, was booked on suspicion of two counts of vehicular homicide while intoxicated and one count of vehicular homicide of an unborn child, Omaha police said in a press release.

Investigators believe that Paulison was drunk the night of March 31 when his pickup truck collided with the sport utility vehicle driven by 37-year-old Sara Zimmerman, a Douglas County corrections officer.

Police said both vehicles went into a ditch and the SUV erupted in flames. Zimmerman, who was pregnant, and her passenger, 38-year-old Amanda Schook, died in the crash.

Paulison was taken to an Omaha hospital with back and chest fractures, police said.