Police officer died in northeast Nebraska crash, patrol says

WALTHILL, Neb. (AP) - A police sergeant has been killed in a northeast Nebraska highway crash.

The Nebraska State Patrol says Sgt. Curtis Blackbird was responding to a call Sunday morning in Walthill when he ran into a construction crane. The patrol says the crane was obscured by thick fog in a work zone on Nebraska Highway 94.

The 59-year-old Blackbird was an officer for the Omaha Tribe Law Enforcement.

Walthill sits about 67 miles (108 kilometers) north-northwest of Omaha.