Creighton University‏​ Student From Rosemount Killed In Crash

A 19-year-old college student from Rosemount was killed in a crash on Interstate 80 in Omaha, Nebraska Monday. Joan Ocampo-Yambing and three other Creighton University‏ students were in a Toyota Prius at the time of the fatal collision with a semi-truck. Ocampo-Yambing, who was a passenger of the Prius, was later pronounced deceased at Nebraska Medicine.

The three other students survived the crash. A close friend of Ocampo-Yambin told WOWT she was on her way to Lincoln to see the solar eclipse when the crash occurred.

Police said the driver of a 2015 Peterbilt semi-truck failed to notice traffic on westbound Interstate 80 began to slow significantly, at which point the semi collided with the rear-end of a white 2013 Toyota Prius just before 10 a.m.

After the collision with the Prius, the front of the semi collided with the rear-end of a blue 2008 Chrysler Sebring convertible, then came to a rest on top of the Sebring, according to a news release.

This collision forced the front-end of the Sebring into the rear-end of a "roll off" trailer being pulled by a 2017 Freightliner semi-truck. Both occupants of the Sebring were pinned in the Sebring underneath the Peterbilt semi-truck until a towing company could hoist it off and fire crews could extricate them.

Both occupants of the Sebring and all four occupants of the Prius were transported to Omaha hospitals by Omaha fire rescue squads to be treated for injuries ranging from serious to critical. The driver of the semi did not suffer injury, police said.

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The left rear seat passenger of the Prius, Joan Ocampo-Yambing, of Rosemount, was pronounced deceased at Nebraska Medicine. All other injuries are not believed to be life-threatening at this time. The collision remains under investigation.

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