Mom dies, 2 kids hurt in southeast Neb. collision

Associated Press - November 3, 2009 1:05 PM ET

YORK, Neb. (AP) - A collision in southeast Nebraska killed a 34-year-old woman from Aurora and injured 2 of her three children.

York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff says Renae Epp was pronounced dead at the scene two miles south of York on Monday night.

2 of her children - 10-year-old Jaydin and 8-year-old Brooklyn - were seriously injured and flown to an Omaha hospital.

Another child, 2-year-old Katrina, was not hurt.

Radcliff says Renae Epp was driving her minivan on U.S. Highway 81 when it crossed into oncoming lanes and collided with a car driven by 34-year-old Thomas Schutz of Omaha. He was flown to a Lincoln hospital for treatment.

A car behind Schutz's clipped its rear, but that car's driver was not hurt.

Information from: York News-Times, http://www.yorknewstimes.com