EWING, NE. (THECOUNT) — Emerson Schmaderer, of O’Neill, NE, has been identified as the young man killed in a crash Saturday.
Schmaderer, 23, died after a pickup truck he was operating, for unknown reasons, crossed center lines and struck a semi-trailer head-on on U.S. 275 around 5 a.m. in northern Nebraska Saturday.
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The Nebraska State Patrol confirmed the westbound pickup crossed the centerline into the path of the 18-wheeler.
The pickup driver was identified as 23-year-old Emerson Schmaderer, who lived in O’Neill. The semitrailer driver was identified as 65-year-old August Waterman, of O’Neill. Authorities say he wasn’t injured. source
Anyone with possible information on the deadly crash should contact police at 911.
Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the young man: