Crash Alert: Driver dies after colliding with utility pole in Hooker Township

HOOKER TOWNSHIP, NE – According to KOLN, a driver died after they hit a pole near S 148th Rd and E Cherry Rd on Sunday.

Preston Baehr, 22, was driving a Ford Expedition south around 5:30 a.m. when he went off the road and slammed into a utility pole. Baehr was thrown from the vehicle in the crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

First responders pronounced Baehr dead at the scene.

Authorities believe speed and impairment were factors in the crash.

The Gate County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.

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