OMAHA, NE. (THECOUNT) — The Nebraska State Patrol has identified truck driver Pierre Neal, and passenger, Rogelio Sanchez Marin, both of Omaha, as the waste collection employees killed in a crash in far northwest Omaha Friday.
Neal, 26, and his passenger, Marin, 54, died Friday Afternoon in the Omaha community of Elkhorn, following a garbage truck crash that also involved a dump truck.
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The patrol says the northbound garbage truck tried to pass a pickup that had slowed to turn right at an intersection. As the garbage truck swung around to pass, a dump truck at the westbound stop of the intersection turned right and into the path of the garbage truck. Investigators say Neal tried to get back into his own lane, over-corrected, and lost control. The truck rolled onto its side and slid into the dump truck. source
Neal and Marin were pronounced dead at the scene.
The dump truck driver suffered minor injuries.
Anyone with possible information on the deadly crash should contact police at 911.
Elkhorn is a neighborhood on the western edge of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,062 at the 2000 census and was estimated by the Census Bureau at 8,192 in 2005. It was named after the Elkhorn River. Elkhorn was once an independent city in Douglas County until it was annexed by Omaha, according to Wikipedia.