A pedestrian and the Nebraska State Trooper involved in a fatal collision near Walthill in October have both been identified. Brad Elsea was driving a Patrol-owned Chevrolet Equinox south on U.S. 77 in Thurston County just after 5 a.m. on Oct. 21 when the vehicle struck Sierra J. Stricker, a 24-year-old Walthill woman, according to the incident's crash report. Elsea, who wasn't identified in the State Patrol's initial news release detailing the crash in October, immediately called for paramedics. But Stricker, who had left her home on the east side of the highway and was crossing U.S. 77 when she was hit, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release. “We are heartbroken at this tragic incident,” State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said in the release in October.

Source: thestar December 17, 2021 23:14 UTC