A two-car crash shut down eastbound Highway 370 from 192nd to 183rd streets Thursday morning; the area remained closed until Thursday afternoon.
At 7:52 a.m. Thursday, a 42-year-old man driving a red Buick had stopped at the 186th Street intersection and was attempting to turn east when he was hit by a black pickup truck traveling west in the outside lane of Highway 370, according to Lt. Mike Erhart of the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office.
The Buick driver was transported in critical condition to the hospital by helicopter. The other driver pickup driver, a 45-year-old man, was not injured.
#TrafficNow - EB Hwy 370 CLOSED from 192nd & WB from 183rd. 2 car crash. Helicopter will be arriving soon.
ALTERNATE: Take Harrison North ; I-80 to the south.
— Мax Tarlton (@MaxTarlton) March 15, 2018
Investigation continues....370 still shut down....unpaved Schramm Rd to the south or Cornhusker Rd to the north are the shortest bypasses in or out of Gretna...Harrison or the I-80 are the paved roads......
— Omaha Traffic Alert (@omatrafficalert) March 15, 2018
The crash is still under investigation.
