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2 from Offutt AFB die in Mills County crash, Sunday

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August 3rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 8/5/20) – A man and a woman from Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, NE., died early Sunday morning during a single-vehicle crash in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 21-year old Senior Airman Nicholas David Johnson, of Union, New Jersey, and 21-year old Olivia Hope Johnson, died at the scene of the crash. The accident happened at around 4:50-a.m., when the 2020 Subaru WRX Nicholas Johnson was driving, went off of the road as it was traveling west on Bunge Avenue. The car entered the north ditch, vaulted across Allis Road and struck a tree before coming to rest on its top.

Mills County Deputies assisted the State Patrol at the accident scene. Officials say Olivia Johnson had her seat belt on, but Nicholas Johnson did not. Officials did not say how or whether the two were related.