ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND FOUR OTHERS INJURED AFTER A THREE VEHICLE CHRISTMAS DAY CRASH IN CEDAR COUNTY NEBRASKA ON HIGHWAY 81.
THE CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS AN SUV COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH A PICK UP AT MILE MARKER 208 AROUND 6PM TUESDAY EVENING, WITH ANOTHER SUV THEN STRIKING THE FIRST ONE.
THE DRIVER OF THE SOUTHBOUND PICK UP, 82-YEAR-OLD MARJORIE NOVAK OF HARTINGTON, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
THE DRIVER OF THE NORTHBOUND SUV, AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE FROM YANKTON, WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO A SIOUX FALLS HOSPITAL WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
THE SECOND NORTHBOUND SUV WAS DRIVEN BY 52-YEAR-OLD BRENDA SALTZMAN OF SIOUX FALLS.
SALTZMAN AND HER TWO PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO A SIOUX FALLS HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
