Oct 26, 2020

Man dies from injuries in head-on crash with Kan. woman

Posted Oct 26, 2020 4:46 PM

DILLER, Neb. (AP) — A man has died from injuries he received in a crash north of Diller in southeastern Nebraska, according to the Jefferson County sheriff’s department.

Howard Behrends, 78, of Diller was a passenger in a car that collided with another car around 3 p.m. Friday.

Behrends was a passenger in a car driven by his wife, 71-year-old Linda Behrends. Investigators said the Behrends’ car ran a stop sign on a rural road and collided with a car driven by a 33-year-old Desiree Kunzman, 33, of Hadom, Kansas.

The Behrends were taken to a Fairbury hospital, and Howard Behrends was later taken to a Lincoln hospital, where he died. EMS transported Kunzman to a Beatrice hospital for treatment of her injuries.