LEAST 50 PEOPLE ARE INJURED. OKAY, ETV INVESTIGATES THE NUMBER OF DEADLY CAR CRASHES THIS YEAR FOLLOWING TWO ON SUNDAY. WE BROUGHT YOU THE BREAKING NEWS LIVE LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE 9 POLICE. SAY THAT 24 YEAR OLD MICHAEL PACKET. CRASHED INTO A CAR WAS ON DODGE STREET NEAR 76TH STREET 44 YEAR OLD GINA MCKENNA DIED TWO HOURS LATER TWO CARS COLLIDED 132ND IN WEST CENTER. BOTH DRIVERS 30 YEAR OLD OSWALDO A VEGETALISTA AND 26 YEAR OLD DEBORAH GUSTAFSON DIED ACCORDING TO THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT. TO TRANSPORTATION, IT’S 21 PEOPLE KILLED ON THE ROAD THIS MONTH KETV NEWS WATCH UP. IT’S JOEY SAFKICKS INVESTIGATING THIS DEADLY TREND JOEY. ROB JULIE FROM JANUARY TO MAY OF THIS YEAR. THERE WERE 90 FATAL CRASHES IN NEBRASKA AND AS YOU JUST HEARD THERE HAVE BEEN MORE IN THE MONTH SINCE I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE. THAT’S 90 PLUS TOO MANY, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THEM? RECKLESS DRIVING CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE, NEBRASKA SUNDAY, INCLUDING TWO INNOCENT VICTIMS ALCOHOL APPEARS TO BE A FACTOR IN ONE OF THE CRASHES. HEY, IT’S JUST REALIZE WHAT THE HOW DANGEROUS IT IS IF YOU’RE INTOXICATED AND YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL NEBRASKA STATE PATROL IS GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER DEADLY SUMMER ON THE ROADS. TRAFFIC HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUMMER. ONE THING WE’VE SEEN IS JUST EXCESSIVE SPEEDING HAS MASS. INCREASED AND WITH DRIVERS SPEEDING UP THE RATE OF THESE PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES DOESN’T SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN OR WE’RE SEEING SPEEDS OF HUNDRED PLUS MILES AN HOUR CONSISTENTLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS. SO WHICH IS JUST CRAZY ALCOHOL TOO OFTEN A FACTOR ALCOHOL SALES HAVE INCREASED 40 PERCENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYBE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITHOUT ALCOHOL BEFORE 2020 ARE SOMETIMES NOW FINDING THAT IT’S BECOME A PROBLEM. ALCOHOL CAN BE ONE REASON PEOPLE MAKE BAD CHOICES BEHIND THE WHEEL LIKE NOT WEARING A SEATBELT IN 2020 SOME 78% OF PEOPLE WHO DIED IN NEBRASKA CAR CRASHES WERE NOT BUCKLED UP THIS DEMONSTRATION SHOWS HOW A SEATBELT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVING ARE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED ANY TIME THAT YOU PUT YOUR BELT ON DR. BLASINOVA SAYS TALKING ABOUT SAFE PRACTICES IS KEY TO PROTECTING FRIENDS AND FAMILY STIGMA HAS A KILLERS YOU DO WANT TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN BECAUSE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR FRIEND OR LOVED ONE OR TO ANYBODY ELSE ON THE WORLD THE DANGERS OF DRIVING ON FULL DISPLAY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT BUCKLES DOWN TO QUELL DEADLY CRASHES. THAT PSYCHIATRIST YOU HEARD FROM SAYS NOT TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL IF YOU ENCOUNTER SOMEONE WHO MAY GET BEHIND THE WHEEL WALL INTOXICATED INSTEAD BE COMPASSIONATE EXPLAIN HOW THEY’RE PUTTING THEIR OWN LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS AT RIS