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The driver killed in a two-vehicle Dodge County crash Friday morning has been identified as 35-year-old Skeeter Garule of Hooper.
The Dodge County Sheriff's Department says a car driven by Garule heading southbound on County Road 20 was hit by a westbound semi at the intersection of Highway 275 south of Hooper around 6:30 a.m. Heavy fog in the area was a possible factor in the accident. There is a stop sign for county road traffic.
Garule was pronounced dead at the scene. He is survived by his 6-year-old son Alex.
Authorities have released the names of two teenage boys who were killed in a collision between a car and semitrailer just north of Fremont.
The accident occurred just after 1 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 77 and Nebraska Highway 91.
The car driver was identified as 17-year-old Bryan Huff, of Fremont, and his passenger was identified as 15-year-old Dalan Brandt, of Hooper.
Fremont Fire Department ambulances transported six people to the hospital after an accident at U.S. Highway 30 and County Road 14 at about 2:40 p.m.
Hespen said members of the Baumann family, on there way to see the site of an accident that claimed a family member, were travelling east on U.S. 30 when their 2003 Oldsmobile four-door stopped to turn left onto County Road 14. The vehicle was then struck from behind by a 2010 Dodge Journey.
A Fremont man was found dead as the result of a traffic accident Monday morning.
Dodge County Sheriff Steve Hespen said James W. Baumann, 24, of Fremont, was pronounced dead on the scene after an area farmer spotted Baumann’s wrecked 2000 Chevy S-10 pickup at County Roads 14 and S shortly after 7 a.m.
Baumann had been travelling north on County Road 14 when he went through the T intersection at County Road S and struck an embankment.
Hespen said the accident is believed to have occurred sometime during the early morning hours on Monday.