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(Update) I-80 crash Sunday morning: 2 suffer NLT injuries

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January 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(In an update to our earlier reports), the Cass County Sheriff’s Office says two people were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, Sunday, following an accident on Interstate 80. Officials say the crash happened at around 8:43-a.m. on I-80 eastbound, when an eastbound 2017 semi tractor-trailer driven by 40-year old Joseph R. Urbauer, of Bennington, NE, struck a 1997 Dodge Ram pickup, head-on. The pickup was being driven by Shaunae Marie Overturf. It was in the eastbound lane after it went out of control on the westbound lane and crossed the median before entering the eastbound lane. ,

Overturf and a passenger were transported by Anita Rescue and Medivac to Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Damage to the semi and trailer is estimated at $10,000; damage to Overturf’s car is also estimated at $10,000. Overturf was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.