Victim identified in Kearney County crash

MINDEN, Neb. (KSNB) - The Kearney County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim in a deadly crash Tuesday morning.

The two-vehicle accident was reported at 10:18 a.m. at the intersection of County Road B and County Road 23, about two miles east of Wilcox.

The sheriff's office said the truck driven by a 34-year-old Grand Island man collided with an eastbound car driven by a 61-year-old woman from Axtell.

The drivers of both vehicles were taken to CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney with serious injuries.

A passenger in the truck died at the scene. He's been identified as Salvador Alvarado Reyes, 35, of Kearney. The sheriff's office said seat belts were not in use in the vehicle he was in, but were in a car.

The Nebraska State Patrol, the Kearney County Sheriff and the Kearney County Attorney are investigating the crash.

Firefighters from Wilcox and Hildreth, Good Samaritan EMS and the Kearney County Roads Department were called to the scene Tuesday morning.