UPDATE: One person dead after crash on Highway 2, north of Bennet
According to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, a crash has caused a section of Highway 2 to close near 176th street.
BENNET, Neb. (KLKN) — According to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, a deadly crash caused a section of Highway 2 to close near 176th street. That’s north of the town of Bennet.
At around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, LSO was called to 176th and Highway 2 on a two-vehicle collision.
The sheriff’s office tells us a westbound Chevy pickup, driven by 39-year-old Heidi Parrish of Talmage, Neb., lost control due to road conditions, crossed the median and struck an eastbound Ford pickup driven by 56-year-old Keith Schriner of Adams, Neb.
Parrish was pronounced dead at the scene. LSO says Parrish was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Schriner was rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
