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Man gets probation in crash that killed 4 western Iowa motorcyclists

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June 29th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to four years of probation in a Nebraska crash that killed four motorcyclists from Iowa. The Kearney Hub reports 24-year old Jeser Cisneros-Hernandez, of Liberal, Kansas, also was ordered Friday to serve 400 hours of community service. He pleaded no contest in February to reckless and willful vehicular homicide. Prosecutors dropped three more counts and two other charges in return for his pleas. Prosecutors say on July 1st, 2017, his vehicle crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 26 near Ogallala, south of Lake McConaughy, and hit two motorcycles carrying two people each.

The Iowa motorcyclists were identified as 54-year-old Sheila Matheny and 61-year-old James Matheny, from Bedford, along with 58-year-old Michal Weese and 59-year-old Jerolyn Weese, both of whom lived in Council Bluffs.