MEAD – Authorities have named those individuals involved in a deadly traffic collision that ocurred on Monday morning near the Silver Creek bridge outside of Mead.
The driver of the semi involved in the Monday morning crash on Highway 92 was William E. Schliefert, age 79 of Wahoo, Nebraska. The driver of the Chevrolet Malibu was Johanna Benting, age 48, of Fremont, Nebraska who was fatally injured in the crash.
Witnesses to the accident stated that the westbound Malibu crossed the center line and collided, head-on, with the eastbound concrete truck driven by Schliefert.