Victim identified in Kearney County crash

MIND, Neb. (KSNB) – The Kearney County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal crash Tuesday morning.

The two-vehicle crash was reported at 10:18 a.m. at the intersection of County Road B and County Road 23, about two miles east of Wilcox.

The sheriff’s office said the truck driven by a 34-year-old man from Grand Island collided with an eastbound car driven by a 61-year-old woman from Axtell.

The drivers of both vehicles were taken to CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney with serious injuries.

A passenger in the truck died at the scene of the accident. He was identified as Salvador Alvarado Reyes, 35, of Kearney. The sheriff’s office said seat belts were not used in the vehicle he was in, but were used in a car.

The Nebraska State Patrol, the Kearney County Sheriff and the Kearney County District Attorney are investigating the crash.

Firefighters from Wilcox and Hildreth, Good Samaritan EMS and the Kearney County Roads Department were called to the scene Tuesday morning.

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