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Saturday DUI crash in Sarpy County critically injures two people

Officers said that 28-year-old Trey Roberts, the driver who caused the accident, fled the scene on foot, and eventually found a ride to his home in Cedar Creek.

Saturday DUI crash in Sarpy County critically injures two people

Officers said that 28-year-old Trey Roberts, the driver who caused the accident, fled the scene on foot, and eventually found a ride to his home in Cedar Creek.

INJURIES ARE TONIGHT. SARPY COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THIS DRIVER WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN HE CAUSED A CRASH THIS AFTERNOON THEN TOOK OFF FROM THE SCENE DEPUTIES. SAY 28 YEAR OLD TREY ROBERTS WAS DRIVING RECKLESSLY IN A GRAVEL PARKING LOT WHEN HE WENT ON TO HIGHWAY 50 AND HIT A CAR THAT WAS AROUND 3:30 TODAY INVESTIGATORS SAY A PASSENGER WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS THROWN FROM ROBERT’S TRUCK MEDIC TOOK THAT PERSON AND THE DRIVER OF THE CAR 82 YEAR OLD DEAN TIMMERMAN TO THE HOSPITAL BOTH ARE STABLE TONIGHT. DEPUTY IS ARRESTED ROBERTS AT HIS HOME ON.
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Saturday DUI crash in Sarpy County critically injures two people

Officers said that 28-year-old Trey Roberts, the driver who caused the accident, fled the scene on foot, and eventually found a ride to his home in Cedar Creek.

The Sarpy County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash involving two vehicles around 3:31 p.m. on Saturday.The crash was on Hwy 50, just north of Hwy 31. Officers said that 28-year-old Trey Roberts, the driver who caused the accident, fled the scene on foot, and eventually found a ride to his home in Cedar Creek. He had two passengers in the vehicle during the crash, resulting in one's ejection from the vehicle — this passenger suffered a broken right hip and is in stable condition.Police say that Roberts re-entered Hwy 50 after driving recklessly in a gravel parking lot, colliding with 82-year-old Dean Timmerman.Timmerman suffered chest bruising and a forearm laceration, and is in stable condition.Deputies from the Cass County Sheriff's Office eventually located Roberts at his home in Cedar Creek, uninjured, and transported him to the Sarpy County Jail.He was charged with driving under the influence first offense; driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury; willful reckless driving; failure to yield; leaving the scene of an accident with injuries; and failure to use seatbelt.Hwy 50 was shut down for nearly three hours as a result of the accident and following investigation.

The Sarpy County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash involving two vehicles around 3:31 p.m. on Saturday.

The crash was on Hwy 50, just north of Hwy 31.

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Officers said that 28-year-old Trey Roberts, the driver who caused the accident, fled the scene on foot, and eventually found a ride to his home in Cedar Creek.

He had two passengers in the vehicle during the crash, resulting in one's ejection from the vehicle — this passenger suffered a broken right hip and is in stable condition.

Police say that Roberts re-entered Hwy 50 after driving recklessly in a gravel parking lot, colliding with 82-year-old Dean Timmerman.

Timmerman suffered chest bruising and a forearm laceration, and is in stable condition.

Deputies from the Cass County Sheriff's Office eventually located Roberts at his home in Cedar Creek, uninjured, and transported him to the Sarpy County Jail.

He was charged with driving under the influence first offense; driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury; willful reckless driving; failure to yield; leaving the scene of an accident with injuries; and failure to use seatbelt.

Hwy 50 was shut down for nearly three hours as a result of the accident and following investigation.