By Associated Press - Friday, April 14, 2017

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a Grand Island man who died in the crash of his pickup truck.

The accident was reported around 1 a.m. Friday. Police say an officer saw the speeding pickup and clocked it at 98 mph. The officer lost sight of the pickup as he began a chase. The pickup wreckage soon was spotted where it had rocketed off an overpass and struck a building.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Police identified him as 25-year-old Cesar Gutierrez.



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