Chappell woman killed in head-on crash

A 19-year-old Chappell woman was killed in a collision late Thursday night four miles east of Sidney.

The head-on crash occurred on Highway 30 just after 11:30 p.m. when a car driven by a juvenile male from Sidney, heading west, and the vehicle driven by the woman, heading east, collided. The Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office, Sidney Fire Department and Emergency Response Care all responded to the accident. The woman was flown to Scottsbluff Regional Medical Center after being extricated from her vehicle. She later died of her injuries. The juvenile male was taken to Sidney Regional Medical Center for his injuries. The accident is under investigation by the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol.