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3 dead in pickup, school van crash in Nebreaska

Posted: 06/01/12 at 7:15 pm
Tags: Ansley Nebraska   school van crash  

ANSLEY, Neb. (AP) -- Authorities say three people are dead after a head-on accident involving a public school van and a pickup truck in rural Nebraska.

The accident happened Friday afternoon on state Highway 2 just west of Ansley, a small town about 160 miles west of Lincoln.

Capt. Jim Parish of the Nebraska State Patrol says three people were killed in the two-vehicle, head-on collision. He says both drivers and a passenger died. It wasn't immediately clear which vehicle the passenger was in.

Custer County Sheriff Dan Osmond tells the Kearney Hub newspaper that the accident involved a Broken Bow Public Schools van and pickup truck.

Parish says other passengers were hurt but their injuries didn't appear life-threatening.

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