Jan 10, 2022

Former UNK football player dies in crash near Ashland

Posted Jan 10, 2022 3:04 PM
Photo: UNK News
Photo: UNK News

ASHLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a former football player from the University of Nebraska at Kearney has died in a rollover crash.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports that 24-year-old Hinwa Allieu was headed east on Interstate 80 south of Ashland around 3:45 a.m. Sunday when the Dodge Ram pickup he was driving left the road and entered the median.

The Lincoln Journal-Star reports that the pickup went airborne and landed about 90 feet away.

Allieu was partially thrown from the vehicle, according to officials. The pickup was on fire when deputies arrived on the scene.