Salvador D. Alvarado Reyes Obituary, Death – A Kearney man, Salvador D. Alvarado Reyes, has been identified as the passenger killed in a two-vehicle accident in rural Kearney County on November 5. The crash occurred at 10:18 a.m. near the intersection of County Road 23 and County Road B. According to the Kearney County Sheriff’s Office, multiple 911 calls were made reporting the collision, which involved a southbound 2009 Ram pickup truck and an eastbound 2008 Buick.
The Ram pickup was driven by 34-year-old Duniesky Benitez Torres of Grand Island, while the Buick was driven by 61-year-old Nurita Lambert of Axtell. Both drivers were seriously injured and were transported to CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney for medical treatment. Unfortunately, Salvador D. Alvarado Reyes, a 35-year-old passenger in the Ram, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The investigation revealed that seatbelts were not in use by the occupants of the Ram pickup at the time of the accident, while the driver of the Buick and her passenger were using seatbelts. The Nebraska State Patrol is leading the investigation into the cause of the crash, with assistance from the Kearney County Sheriff’s Office and the Kearney County Attorney’s Office.
Emergency response teams from the Wilcox Fire Department, the Hildreth Fire Department, Good Samaritan EMS, and the Kearney County Road Department also assisted at the scene of the crash. The investigation is ongoing, and more details will be released as they become available.