Douglas County sheriff’s deputies continued to search Saturday for the driver of a burgundy Ford Taurus they say caused a fatal crash near 116th and Harrison Streets.
Chief Deputy Marty Bilek said the Taurus driver was described as a white man in his 50s.
The accident killed a Kenya native, Elly Aora Mijungu, 33, who died at the scene. He was driving a black Honda that collided head-on with a white Buick.
Mijungu was attending school in Omaha and working at a local Walmart, Bilek said. He has a cousin living in Omaha.
The Buick driver, Joshua R. Foote-Ludvik, 20, was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center in serious but stable condition. He was released from the hospital Saturday morning.
The Honda was eastbound on Harrison Street about 5 p.m. Friday. The car swerved to avoid a northbound Taurus that ran a stop sign on 116th Street, authorities said.
Bilek said the Honda entered the westbound lane, colliding with the Buick.
Anyone with information on the car or the crash is asked to call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 402-444-6000.
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402-444-3131, sam.womack@owh.com
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