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I-80 Crash kills one

Deadly Crash Investigation, I-80 Fatal
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One person is dead after a crash on an Interstate 80 ramp in Omaha.
 
Police closed the I-L-Q streets ramp after the crash, which occurred around 2:30 a.m. Monday.
 
The ramp is now back open. 
 
The victim's name is Lucio Laz-Romero, 29.
 
Omaha police say Lazo-Romero lost control, left the roadway on the curve just north of I Street. 
 
The car rolled into the median and the driver was thrown from the car onto the the southbound lanes of the I, L,Q exit.
 
Lazo-Romero was then struck by a southbound Dodge Durango and was pronounced dead at the scene.
 
Police say Lazo-Romero was not wearing a seatbelt.