I-80 traffic was diverted due to a disabled vehicle, a secondary fatal accident took place around 3:30 p.m., (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
LINCOLN — During the month of June 2024, nineteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Transportation.
- These 19 fatalities occurred in 18 fatal crashes.
- Six of the twelve vehicle occupants killed were not using seatbelts, six were using a seatbelt, and zero had seatbelt usage marked as unknown.
Nine of the fatalities were in rural locations. - There was one fatality on the interstate, eleven on other highways, and seven on local roads.
- Two of the fatalities were pedestrians.
- Four of the fatalities were motorcyclists.
- One fatality was driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV).
- One of the fatalities was a bicyclist.
- There were 17 fatalities in June of 2023.
- Only 23 of the 93 vehicle occupants killed during 2024 were using seatbelts.
