Crash alert: 2nd driver involved in fatal crash, report shows

KEARNEY, NE – New details have been released regarding the death of a Kearney school teacher in a June car accident. According to Nebraska TV, a police report indicated that a second driver was involved in the crash that killed Jessica Eidem.

This is an update to a previous story.

The police report was amended in the case of Eidem, a teacher at Horizon Middle School. She was struck by a vehicle while walking near the school with her husband.

The original statement by Kearney police said the victim was hit by a 16-year-old driving a Buick Park Avenue. The amended report indicated that shortly before the accident, a 17-year-old girl in a Ford Taurus collided with the driver’s side of the Buick.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

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