Car rams into pothole repair crew

NEBRASKA CITY – Police arrested a driver Tuesday morning after a car rammed into a street crew fixing potholes on 11^th Street in Nebraska City.

Rescue crews were dispatched at 7:41 a.m. Tuesday for a pedestrian accident. Police say two Nebraska City street employees were behind a city pickup truck that was being used to apply cold mix to potholes. 

The truck was on the street's shoulder near the Highway 2 interchange,  where workers had placed material in three potholes prior to the accident.

One of the workers saw something coming out of the corner of his eye and spun out of the way. Another employee was injured and taken to CHI Health St. Mary’s.

The driver of the 11-county Pontiac was uninjured, but was questioned by police after a search of her car.

Update: Police arrested 20-year-old Kyra Ford of Bellevue at 8 a.m. Tuesday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance.