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Omaha pedestrian dies after being hit by a car

The 76-year-old man was crossing from L Street to 32nd Street

Omaha pedestrian dies after being hit by a car

The 76-year-old man was crossing from L Street to 32nd Street

ROBIN, JULIE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BILL. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN SEPARATE TRAFFIC INCIDENTS ON L STREET. WELL, THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED NEAR 26TH AND ALVA OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT 76 YEAR OLD JOHN GOMEZ OF OMAHA WAS TRYING TO CROSS L STREET THIS WAS JUST AFTER 11 LAST NIGHT. THERE’S NO MARKED CROSSWALK THERE. HE WAS HIT BY THE DRIVER OF A HONDA CIVIC WHO WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON ELM STREET. GOMEZ WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. OFFICERS IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER, A 22 YEAR OLD NAMED JAMIE GARCIA QUERE. AND THEN AROUND TO THIS MORNING, A MOTORIST CYCLIST WAS HIT POSSIBLY BY A DRUNK DRIVER. POLICE SAY A 45 YEAR OLD GARY MANJIMUP WAS HEADING WEST ON EL NEAR 32ND WHEN THE DRIVER OF A SILVERADO TRIED TO GET ONTO HIGHWAY 75 AND HIT HIM. MANAGER MULLALLY WAS TAKEN TO BERGAN MERCY, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, 38 YEAR OLD LORENA LARA DIAZ, IS FROM MISSOURI. SHE WAS ARRESTED ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDI
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Omaha pedestrian dies after being hit by a car

The 76-year-old man was crossing from L Street to 32nd Street

The Omaha Police Department says an Omaha man is dead after he was hit by a car.Seventy-six-year-old John Gomez was attempting to cross L Street from south to north at 32nd Street.There is no crosswalk at that location.Officers said 22-year-old Jaime Garcia Cua was driving on L Street and hit Gomez.Gomez was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Omaha Police Department says an Omaha man is dead after he was hit by a car.

Seventy-six-year-old John Gomez was attempting to cross L Street from south to north at 32nd Street.

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There is no crosswalk at that location.

Officers said 22-year-old Jaime Garcia Cua was driving on L Street and hit Gomez.

Gomez was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.