Bloomington woman dead after car crash in Nebraska

Posted on July 28, 2022

*The juvenile was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Blazer down the 1800 block of Stagecoach Trail, Ogallala, NE. (Photo Courtesy of Flickr)*

By HOI ABC

OGALLALA (Heart of Illinois ABC) – A 14-year-old boy was behind the wheel when he hit a mother and daughter.

The juvenile was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Blazer down the 1800 block of Stagecoach Trail, Ogallala, NE. 61-year-old Patricia O’Meara and her 28-year-old daughter Katelyn Einck, were walking down the dirt road when the juvenile hit them with his car.

Einck died at the scene from blunt force trauma and O’Meara was taken to Ogallala Community Hospital before being flown to another hospital for additional treatment. She is expected to live.

Witnesses said they believed the driver was blinded by the sun and did not see the women until it was too late.

The police took blood from the driver and are continuing to investigate the incident.

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