Crash Alert: Officials ID victims of fatal crash on I-80 near North Platte

NORH PLATE, IA – According to KOLN, officials have released the names of the two people who died on I-80 near mile marker 184 on Friday.

Lezter Juarez, 27, was driving a GMC Yukon west on I-80 when he strayed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Honda SUV and a semi-truck around 2:10 p.m. Juarez and his passenger, Janice Arriaga-Martinez, 25, were ejected from the Yukon during the crash.

Rescue crews pronounced Juarez and Arriaga-Martinez dead at the scene. They transported the four people inside the Honda to an area hospital with serious injuries.

The semi-truck driver was not hurt in the crash.

The Nebraska State Police is investigating the incident.

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