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Charges pending in Cass County fatal weekend crash

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September 28th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Omaha World-Herald reports charges are pending in a fatality accident that took place over the weekend on Interstate 80, north of Atlantic. 81-year old Donald Kerby was driving a car that swerved left from the right lane toward the left lane of I-80 westbound at around 12:45-p.m., Saturday. The Des Moines man was apparently trying to avoid hitting a trailer that was parked on the north shoulder of the road.

When the car entered a portion of the left lane, it came into contact with a motorcycle that went out of control. Two other cycles crashed trying to avoid the first accident. The driver of one of the motorcycles, 38-year old Ryan J. Lossing, of Omaha, was ejected from his machine and struck by a westbound semi. His passenger, Lossing’s 38-year old wife Christina, was admitted to Creighton University Medical Center. The couple had gotten married three weeks ago, according to Christina Lossing’s Facebook page.

Also injured in the crash was 33-year old John Chase, of Pacific Junction, and 56-year old William J. Schurevich, of Fremont, Nebraska. All of the riders were part of a large contingent of motorcyclists who were escorting the remains of a Army veteran Bill Henry back to Nebraska, after having visited the Freedom Rock in northern Adair County. Henry died Sept. 14th from head injuries he suffered two weeks earlier, when his motorcycle crashed on a similar escort trip to Arlington National Cemetery.

Chase was released from Cass County Hospital on Saturday. Schurevich was admitted to the Creighton medical center, but there was no word on his condition. Speed and alcohol were NOT considered to be factors in the crash, which remains under investigation.