Six lives lost: Remembering the young Nebraskans killed in Lincoln car crash last year
Six Nebraskans, all in their 20s, died on Oct. 2, 2022, in what police described as "the worst crash in Lincoln in recent memory." These were their stories.
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"As his sister, this makes me warm. It makes me feel good to see all of them," Akilah Muhs said about all the friends at her brother's funeral.
"I'm 46 years old," Jonny Koch's aunt said, "and my nephew that was 22 probably has more friends and is loved by more people than I would ever dream of."
After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in just three years, Ben Lenagh was drawn to education and was in the accelerated teacher preparation program at UNO.
Bisesi, who lived in Lincoln since 2009, was in his senior year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, working toward his marketing degree.
"He was encouraging to everybody and always had a kind word to say. I never remember him saying anything bad about anyone."
"The first thing I think of when I think of Cassie would be 'eye-catching,'" said Mo Eisenhauer, Brenner's former roommate and one of her best friends.Â
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The motorcycle collided with a 2004 Lexus sedan in the intersection of South 27th Street and Nebraska 2 while both vehicles were headed west.
Johnathon Kurth and five others died in the crash after his Honda Accord struck a tree. The car had been traveling 100 mph moments before the crash, police said Monday.
An Omaha man was sentenced in federal court to life in prison for sex trafficking at least three minors in the Omaha and Council Bluffs areas.Â
A 16-year-old Bellevue boy died Tuesday night when his car left an Interstate 80 on-ramp at high speed in southwest Omaha.Â
Neighbors gathered near the scene Wednesday evening. A few nearby residents said they still weren't sure exactly what happened, but that the continued violence in the area was "scary."Â
Two men died after one of them commandeered a sheriff's cruiser, drove it into a train and killed the other man, who was waiting at the train tracks.
Kelley Rodriguez, 40, of Lincoln, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision Wednesday morning.Â
A week later, there are more questions than answers about how and why the car careened off the street into a tree, killing all six occupants.
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"To die at 20 years old, 21, 22 years old — it's too young to die," one neighbor said. "It's not right."