UPDATE 04/28/2023
The victims in a Thursday afternoon crash that killed two people and critically injured three others were identified by the Nebraska State Patrol.
A Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling northbound on Highway 283 when a Dodge Ram 3500 pulling an empty car trailer was traveling westbound on Highway 89, which has a stop sign at the Highway 283 intersection. Troopers say the pickup ran the stop sign and struck the passenger side of the Hyundai.
The driver of the Hyundai was identified as 43-year-old Olvin Luna of Holdrege. Two 11-year-old children that were in the Hyundai were flown to hospitals in critical condition.
NSP identified 46-year-old Miriam Mejia Barrientos and 13-year-old Sloan Luna Portillo as the victims killed as a result of the crash. Both were from Holdrege.
Olvin Luna is the father of Sloan Luna Portillo. Barrientos is the mother of the two 11-year-old children.
The driver of the Dodge, identified as 28-year-old Kyiaz Ulanov was lodged in Phelps County Jail for two counts of motor vehicle homicide and willful reckless driving.
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Here's what we know from NSP:
On Thursday at approximately 12:15 p.m., a Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling northbound on Highway 283 when a Dodge Ram 3500 pulling an empty car trailer was traveling westbound on Highway 89, which has a stop sign at the Highway 283 intersection.
Troopers say the pickup ran the stop sign and struck the passenger side of the Hyundai.
One occupant of the Hyundai, an adult female, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Four additional occupants of the Hyundai were transported to hospitals in critical condition.
A female child was flown by helicopter to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney where she died.
The driver of the Hyundai and another female child were transported to Cambridge Memorial Hospital.
The driver was flown to Bryan Health West Campus in Lincoln. A male child was transported to Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kansas and has since been flown to a hospital in Wichita.
All three remain in critical condition. Names are being withheld at this time pending notification of family.
The two occupants of the Dodge were transported to Norton County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Once released from the hospital, the driver of the Dodge, identified as 28-year-old Kyiaz Ulanov of Lynnwood, Washington, was arrested for motor vehicle homicide. He was lodged in Phelps County Jail.
The Nebraska State Patrol is conducting a full crash reconstruction investigation.
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