By Associated Press - Saturday, November 5, 2016

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials say a teenager had been drinking and ran a red light when her car slammed into a pickup just north of Omaha, killing another teen who was in the car’s back seat.

The Omaha World-Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2fbMMNm ) that the crash happened Friday night just blocks north of Northwest High School.

The Douglass County Sheriff’s Office says an 18-year-old man died in the crash. Deputies say a man in the front passenger seat of the car was flown to an Omaha hospital in critical condition. The 18-year-old driver was also taken to a hospital in serious condition.



The driver of the pickup and a 12-year-old passenger in the truck were not injured.

The names of those involved had not been released by midday Saturday.

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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, https://www.omaha.com

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