Vanessa Williams. (Courtesy of Lincoln Police)

LINCOLN–(KFOR July 22)–Lincoln Police have identified the victim in Saturday’s deadly car/pedestrian crash at Sun Valley Boulevard and West “O” Street as 62-year-old John Gross.

Investigators say Gross was sitting in the raised median along West “O” Street, just west of Sun Valley Boulevard, when a westbound vehicle driven by 30-year-old Vanessa Williams apparently crossed the median and struck Gross. He later died at a hospital.

Williams was determined to be under the influence of drugs and was arrested for felony motor vehicle homicide.

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