Crash Alert: Driver falls into construction pit near Southside Terrace

OMAHA, NE – According to WOWT, a person died when a driver fell into a pit and landed on top of another car in a construction site near South 31st Street and Q Street Saturday night.

The driver of a white Nissan drove into a road construction zone and fell on top of a black car around 10:20 p.m.

First responders pronounced the driver of the black car, Francisco Hernandez Martinez, 44, dead at the scene.

The driver of the white Nissan fled the scene but returned.

Authorities arrested the driver of the white Nissan for DUI.

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