(KLZA)-- A 16-year-year-old Rulo teenager was killed Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 159, about 1 1/2 miles west of Rulo.
According to a release from the Richardson County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses stated that an eastbound car driven by Easton Vonderschmidt crossed the centerline and struck the driver’s side of a westbound pickup truck and a trailer, driven by 48-year-old Bobby Campbell of Rulo.
The report indicates the pickup and heavily loaded trailer came to rest in the north ditch. The Vonderschmidt car spun around and came to rest on the highway.
Vonderschmidt was pronounced dead at the scene. Campbell was transported to Community Medical Center in Falls City, and then taken to a Lincoln hospital as a precautionary measure for non-life-threatening injuries.
Easton Vonderschmidt was the son of Chance and Jamie Vonderschmidt and would have been a junior at Falls City Sacred Heart this fall.
In addition to the Sheriff’s Office, the Rulo Fire Department, Richardson County Road Department, Nebraska Department of Roads, Falls City Volunteer Ambulance Squad and volunteers from Richardson County Emergency Management responded to the scene of the wreck.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Doniphan Co search warrant leads to 3 arrests
Sex crimes charges hold Atchison teen
Fleeing, drugs, hold Atchison man
Atchison's USD 409 names new Superintendent
ATCH CO SO seeks tips regarding stolen motorcycle
Third day Superintendent candidate named by USD 409
Expansion of Atchison skatepark planned
NioCorp to begin 12-week drilling program
Olathe woman arrested in Jackson Co on drug charges
Hiawatha City Commission approves fireworks on trial basis
Jackson Heights names new MS/HS Principal
Longtime Sabetha Fire Chief to retire
Two new members appointed to Brown Co Planning Commission
Bids approved for two Doniphan Co road projects
Falls City Council hears updated on electric department
Richardson Co Courthouse rededication ceremony held
LATEST STORIES
Atchison foundry renamed in acquisition
Spring cleaning time in the city of Horton
Summer EBT cards being distributed in Nebraska
Early morning power outage planned for Falls City
MO Congressman Graves critical of USPS
Grant apps for Falls City Amphitheater project denied
Jackson Heights names new MS/HS Principal
Seatbelt surveys coming to local counties
RELATED STORIES