Crash Alert: Officials release more details on south Omaha wreck

OMAHA, NE – According to WOWT, officials have provided additional information concerning the deadly wreck that occurred at South 31st Street and Q Street Saturday night.

Francisco Hernandez Martinez, 44, was driving a Ford Fusion when he crashed into a pit that had been dug in the roadway as part of a construction project around 8:22 p.m.

The driver of a Nissan Altima drove into the pit and landed on top of the Ford Fusion around 10:30. That driver left the scene, but returned.

First responders pronounced Hernadez Martinez dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested the Nissan driver for DUI.

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