Sheriff's deputies arrested an 18-year-old Lincoln man after his SUV collided with another SUV with three people inside on U.S. 77 Sunday morning, killing one of the passengers, authorities said.
The crash killed 50-year-old Randall Woita of Weston.
Woita was in the front passenger seat of a southbound Chevrolet Avalanche when a Honda Pilot driven by 18-year-old Cristofer Cazun of Lincoln rear-ended the Avalanche between Raymond and Mill roads at 10:37 a.m., the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The Avalanche driver, 42-year-old Tammy Shultis of Kearney, and her rear passenger, 18-year-old Rhea Woita of Wahoo, were both taken to Bryan West Campus with non-life-threatening injuries. Cazun was not injured.
Investigators say Cazun was under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash. He was jailed on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide, driving under the influence, refusing a chemical test, reckless driving and driving under suspension, the sheriff's office said.
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Cazun graduated from Lincoln Southwest High School this spring.
He was sentenced to probation in December after being accused of robbing a DaVinci's pizza delivery driver at gunpoint in January 2013. The case also included a handful of drug and alcohol allegations that were dropped.