SCHUYLER, Neb. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a teenage girl who was fatally injured in a Schuyler crash after a brief police chase.
Colfax County authorities identified the 15-year-old as Isabella Brandt, of Schuyler.
The accident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, after officers pursued a car that was being driven erratically. The officers soon halted the pursuit because of safety concerns. Within minutes they were sent to check a report that the car had rammed a tree.
Brandt was found on the ground near the car. Authorities say she was flown to a Lincoln hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The driver was flown to an Omaha hospital for treatment, and a 15-year-old male passenger was taken to a Schuyler hospital.
Authorities suspect the driver had been drinking alcohol.