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Motorcyclist Fredy Reyes-Garcia, 18, killed in collision with hit-and-run vehicle on South 24th Street in Omaha, Nebraska

Date:

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Area:

Omaha, NE

Kathleen Benes, 63, dead, and Teresa Schultz, 37, injured on 75th and Maple streets in Omaha, Nebraska

Date:

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Area:

Omaha, NE

At around 2:25 p.m., a vehicle driven by Justin Ayers that was traveling at an estimated 100 mph struck a white sedan driven by Kathleen Benes. The impact of the crash forced her vehicle across the median where it was struck again by a silver pickup truck, driven by Teresa Schultz. Benes died in the crash, and Schultz was hospitalized with a possible leg fracture. Ayers was arrested about four blocks from the scene of the accident.

Gabe T. Wilken, 38, killed in hit-and-run motorcycle accident with racing driver on NW 48th Street in Lancaster County, NE

Date:

Friday, January 16, 2015

Area:

Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney, NE

An accident happened at approximately 7:30 p.m. Friday in a construction zone on NW 48th Street just north of Interstate 80. A witness told police that a male driver in a white pickup indicated he wanted to drag race and accelerated away quckly onto NW 48th Street. Witnesses claim they subsequently found a dead body along the side the road near the intersection of NW 27th and West O Street. Sheriff's deputies found the motorcyclist dead at the site, and claim that the driver struck the victim and dragged them until the body was released from the car.