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Two Dead in Northeast Nebraska Crash

Two Dead in Northeast Nebraska Crash

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The Cedar County Sheriffs Office said two people died in a head on collision Friday afternoon.
In a release, the two killed were identified as 22 year old Mollie Schieffer of Fordyce, and 63 year old Bradley Schumacher of Crofton. The Sheriff says Schumacher was westbound in a Chevy pickup and Schieffer was east bound in a Pontiac Bonneville when the two vehicles hit head on. The accident occurred on Highway 12, three miles west of the junction with Highway 57. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation by the Cedar County Sheriffs Office.

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