Two Year Old Injured In Crash Dies

Omaha Police say 2-year-old boy critically injured in a hit and run crash on Monday evening was died. Devon Morris was among the three injured passengers of a vehicle that was hit near Fontenelle Blvd and Curtis. 

Morris and a five-year-old child were not in safety seats in the backseat when the crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. 

Mar'keshia Devers was driving her Buick Lucerne north on Fontenelle Blvd. through a green light at Curtis Ave. when a 2004 Chevy Trailblazer hit the passenger side of her car. Witnesses confirmed that Devers had the green light.

Police said the driver and a passenger in the Trailblazer ran from the crash, westbound on Curtis Ave. The other victims have been identified as 16-year-old Talesha Glover-Flakes and five-year-old Stephen Russell. Glover-Flakes suffered a head injury that is considered non-life threatening. Russell suffered a broken leg. 

If anyone witnessed the crash or has information about it, they are urged to call the Omaha Police Traffic Accident Squad at 402-444-5626 or Crime Stoppers at 402-444-(STOP).


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