A rideshare driver was killed in a head-on collision near South 84th Street and Old Cheney Road. According to a crash report, 49-year-old Amare Biftu of Lincoln died in the accident on Saturday afternoon. The crash involved four vehicles and injured three other people.
First responders arrived at the scene just after 3 p.m. to find the aftermath of the crash. An investigation revealed that a southbound vehicle on 84th Street crossed the median and collided head-on with Biftu’s vehicle, which was traveling northbound.
The impact of the collision was so severe that it launched Biftu’s engine block into another vehicle in the right northbound lane. Another vehicle behind Biftu’s, in the left lane, then collided with his vehicle. Biftu was pronounced dead at the scene, while his passenger, a man from Rhode Island, sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. Biftu was working for Uber at the time of the crash.
The drivers of the other two vehicles in the northbound lanes were not injured. However, the driver and passenger of the vehicle that crossed the median both suffered serious injuries and were transported to the hospital.
The crash report indicates that the driver of the vehicle that caused the collision, a 40-year-old woman from Lincoln, is suspected of being under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the crash. No arrests or citations have been made yet, as the Lincoln Police continue to investigate, pending toxicology results from the 40-year-old driver.
