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Council Bluffs Police officer injured, 2nd person died following Saturday crash

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December 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A 39-year old Council Bluffs Police Officer was injured, and another person died, when a vehicle struck the officer’s cruiser as he was handling traffic control Saturday afternoon. According to Bluffs’ Police, Officer Josh Horner, a seven-year veteran of Council Bluffs, was conducting traffic control on southbound Interstate 29 near 25th Street at around 3:30-p.m., when his vehicle was rear-ended. The officer was transported to the Creighton Hospital Emergency Room for treatment. The driver of the vehicle that struck his car was transported to Nebraska Medicine, where he died.

The name of the victim had not been released as of late Saturday evening. The accident is being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit.