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Melissa Hernandez
Gender : Female
Age : 30
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 11/18/2022
Location : I-80 mile marker 354
City : Lincoln
County : Lincoln
State : Nebraska
Agency : Nebraska State Police and others in “multi-agency” effort
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
At approximately 7:40 a.m. Friday, a trooper observed an eastbound Jeep Wrangler driving on the shoulder near mile marker 354 on Interstate 80. The trooper attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued and the trooper escalated a chase to 100 mph. The vehicle exited and then entered a field and continued fleeing southbound. When the vehicle drove through a fence and continued into a pasture and York County and Seward County deputies then picked up the chase until the driver's vehicle hit a bridge guardrail and crashed, ejecting both occupants, killing Melissa Hernandez.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.1011now.com/2022/11/19/passenger-killed-driver-arrested-high-speed-chase/
