Charges filed in traffic fatalities near Union

 PLATTSMOUTH  - Charges have been filed against the driver accused of causing a Highway 75 accident that killed four people last January.

Ronald Dubas, 56, of La Vista is charged with four counts of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide and is scheduled for a Jan. 11 court appearance.

Nebraska State Patrol investigators say the pickup he was driving crossed the center line near Union and collided head-on with a Chevy Cobalt.

Two young women and two children from Kansas were killed. There was one survivor in the Cobalt.

An arrest affidavit says a third vehicle swerved to avoid a collision.