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(Update) Names released from fatal weekend crash in Council Bluffs

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October 30th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department have released the identities of two people involved in a fatal crash over the weekend. The driver of the vehicle, 33-year old Josiah Volentine, of Omaha, died at the scene. His passenger, 32-year old Kristopher Harrold, of Council Bluffs, was critically injured and transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The accident happened just before 7-p.m. Saturday on Interstate 29, near the 54 mile marker.

Officials say the vehicle driven by Volentine left the road, hit two light poles and a sign before rolling over at least once. Speed and/or alcohol were believed to be factors in the crash, which remains under investigation.