GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and a 71-year-old woman seriously injured in a stabbing attack on Wednesday, they said. the authorities.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to an Interstate 80 rest area shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday and found both victims with stab wounds.
The Eureka, Missouri, man died at a Grand Island hospital. The woman is in critical condition at the hospital with serious injuries, authorities said. She is also from Eureka.
The suspect fled the rest area in a vehicle before authorities arrived, but Grand Island Police Capt. Dean Elliott told television station KSNB that officers were able to get a description.
The Nebraska State Patrol attempted to stop a vehicle matching that description near Wood River before the vehicle exited the interstate and turned south. Elliott said the vehicle ended up crashing into the Platte River before the suspect was arrested.
It was not immediately clear what charges the 22-year-old Elyria, Ohio, man will face.
The victims were not immediately identified because authorities are still notifying family members.
