Omaha police have identified the victims in this morning's crash that injured three at 172nd and Q. Sergeant Doug Klein says an eastbound pickup slammed into the back of a Hyundai Elantra around 11:30.
He says four year old McKinley Blue of Omaha was riding in a booster seat and suffered critical head injuries. The girl's grandmother, 63 year old Sandra Metz of Glenwood, Iowa, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the Dodge Ram pickup is identified as 70 year old Jerry Lynn of Mead, Nebraska. He was also taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Lynn told police his foot slipped off the brake pedal and onto the accelerator which propelled the pickup truck into the back-end of the Hyundai.