Oct 21, 2021

1 dead, 2 injured in semi accident west of Alliance

Posted Oct 21, 2021 4:06 PM

By Kalin Krohe, Panhandle Post

One person has died and two others injured after a semi accident west of Alliance. 

On Oct. 20 at approximately 11:05 a.m. the Nebraska State Patrol received a report of a single vehicle crash involving a semi on Otoe Road and County Road 70.

The accident was approximately ten miles west of Alliance.

"Preliminary investigation shows that the driver of the semi lost control of the vehicle while reaching for something," Nebraska State Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said. "The semi rolled and the two passengers were ejected."

53-year-old Santos Garza of Bayard was pronounced deceased at the scene.

39-year-old Bridgett Timmons Garza of Bayard, and the driver, 59-year-old Eujenio Perez of Scottsbluff were both transported to Regional West Hospital in Scottsbluff with serious injuries.

The Box Butte County Sheriff's Department and Alliance EMS assisted with this accident.