One person arrested after fatal crash in Grand Island

One person is dead and another is in custody following a fatal car crash in central Nebraska.

March 13, 2022Updated: March 14, 2022

By News Channel Nebraska

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- One person is dead and another is in custody following a fatal car crash in central Nebraska.

Grand Island Police responded to a crash at Groff Street and South Cherry Street after receiving a call at 12:19 a.m. Saturday.

The crash involved 29-year-old Juan Velasquez-Montanez and 31-year-old Briseida Flamenco-Montoya, both from Grand Island.

Flamenco-Montoya died in the crash, and Velasquez-Montanez was arrested for first-offense DUI and motor vehicle homicide.

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