A man from Illinois died as the result of a crash this (Friday) on Highway 6 and Sunnydale Road in Pottawattamie County, a few miles east of the Interstate 80 interchange. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says 65-year old Peter O’Mahony, of LaGrange Park, IL, died at the scene of the crash that happened at around 8:37-a.m. Authorities say O’Mahony was eastbound in a 2005 Honda Civic, when he turned onto Sunndale Road in an apparent attempt to make a U-turn. In doing so, his car was struck on the driver’s side, by an eastbound 2014 Ford Econoline van. The driver of the van was identified as 64-year old Paula Moody, of Omaha.

Following the collision, both vehicles ended-up in the ditch. The accident remains under investigation.

(12:40-p.m. News)