Two dead, four injured after multi-vehicle crash in Merrick County
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Two people died and four were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Sunday evening in rural Merrick County.
Emergency crews were dispatched to the crash about half a mile east of Gunbarrel Road on U.S. Highway 30 around 6:50.
Two people were found dead when crews arrived.
Law enforcement later identified the victims as Brady Buechter, 18, of Belgrade and Dustin Geier, 39, of Columbus. The Merrick County Sheriff’s Office did not say if they were in the same vehicle.
Buechter was the only person involved not wearing a seat belt.
The Sheriff’s Office does not think drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.
The Sheriff’s Office is not releasing any more details at this time.
The office is working with the Nebraska State Patrol’s accident reconstruction team to continue the investigation of the crash.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted on the scene by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, the Nebraska State Patrol, the Grand Island Rural Fire Department, Grand Island EMS, Lone Tree Towing and the Nebraska Department of Roads.
