Central Nebraska Today
KEARNEY CO. — A Kearney man has been identified been identified as the passenger who was killed as the result of a two-vehicle accident in rural Kearney County on Nov. 5.
According to the Kearney County Sheriff’s Office, at 10:18 a.m., they received multiple 911 calls related to two vehicle accident with injuries near the intersection of County Road 23 and County Road B.
A southbound 2009 Ram pickup driven by Duniesky Benitez Torres, 34, of Grand Island, collied with an eastbound 2008 Buick driven by Nurita Lambert, 61, of Axtell.
Both drivers were transported to CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney with serious injuries.
Salvador D. Alvarado Reyes, 35, of Kearney, a passenger in the Ram pickup was pronounced deceased at the scene. Seatbelts were not in use in the Ram but were in use in the Buick.
The accident is being investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol with assistance from the Kearney County Sheriff’s Office and Kearney County Attorney’s Office.
Assistance at the scene was provided by the Wilcox Fire Department, the Hildreth Fire Department, Good Samaritan EMS and the Kearney County Road Department.
