LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office identified the two people who were killed Wednesday in a crash south of Lincoln.

At around 4 p.m., a Buick Lucerne entered the intersection of Highway 77 and Firth Road when it was hit by a Ford F-250 pickup truck.

The sheriff’s office said the collision pushed the Buick into a ditch, and the Ford came to a stop in the median.

The driver of the Buick, 63-year-old Patrick Holley of Firth, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His wife and passenger, 63-year-old Penny Holley, was taken to a hospital, where she later died.

The sheriff’s office said the driver of the Ford, a 43-year-old Lincoln man, was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Investigators noted that alcohol or drugs are not suspected as factors

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