By Associated Press - Wednesday, August 19, 2020

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Two teenagers died when the car they were in collided with a semitrailer near Hastings, authorities said.

The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of state Highway 281 and a county road just south of Hastings, television station KSNB reported. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reported that a car driven by Anahi Solis, 19, of Hastings, ran a stop sign and was hit by the semi.

Solis and a passenger in her car, Daniel Carpenter, 17, of Hastings, were killed, investigators said. Another passenger in the car suffered critical injuries and was taken to a Hastings hospital.



The 28-year-old driver of the semitrailer was not injured.

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This story was first published on Aug. 19, 2020. It was updated on Aug. 20, 2020, to correct the ages of the teens involved that were transposed. Anahi Solis was 19 and Daniel Carpenter was 17.

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