Crash alert: Driver hospitalized following collision on Nebraska Highway 1

MANLEY, NE – A collision at an intersection in Cass County Wednesday left one of the drivers hospitalized, authorities said.

According to the Fremont Tribune, deputies and first responders were dispatched to the scene in the vicinity of Nebraska Highway 1 and 156th Street south of Manley at about 3 p.m.

The Cass County Sheriff said 77-year-old Ralph A Smith was driving a 2000 Buick LeSabre south on 156th Street and did not stop at a stop sign.  The vehicle entered the intersection and struck a 1978 Buick LeSabre driven by 35-year-old Shawn T. Brown of Nehawka.

Brown’s vehicle rolled and overturned, and Brown was ejected.  He was taken to Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha for treatment.  No details were immediately released on his condition.  Smith, a Louisville resident, refused medical treatment.

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