Man Dies in Semi Accident near Wahoo

Officials in eastern Nebraska say a 71-year-old Weston man has died in crash near Wahoo. The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office report the crash happened Friday night at the intersection of U.S. Highway 92 and a county road west of Wahoo. Witnesses told investigators that a pickup truck driven by 71-year-old John Berggren was pulling off the county road when it was broadsided by a semitrailer eastbound on Highway 92. Berggren was pronounced dead at the seen.

The 44-year-old driver and a passenger in the semi were taken to a local hospital for injuries not believed to be life-threatening.