GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 72-year-old driver died Monday after a collision at a Grand Island intersection.
Police said the accident occurred around 9:35 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and 13th Street.
A westbound sport utility vehicle on 13th Street ran a red light and collided with a southbound semitrailer truck.
Police say the SUV driver, Cherie Sperling, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center, where she died.
The truck driver wasn't injured.
In western Nebraska, a motorist was killed in one-vehicle accident in Garden County.
Authorities said Stormy Jessen, 34, was killed on a county road near Oshkosh when he was ejected from his vehicle in the rollover crash.
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