A  young Hershey woman was killed early Monday morning in a 1-vehicle crash near Sutherland. Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer says Korey Huebner is believed to have been a passenger in a pickup that hit an embankment about 1:15 am and landed in a roadside ditch.

The 24-year-old Huebner was the cousin of Chadron State College football player Bryce Huebner.

Two others in the pickup…24-year-old Micah Koch and 28-year-old Jay Shotkoski…were taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. Sheriff Kramer has not said whether Koch or Shotkoski was the driver, but does says alcohol is believed to be involved. The crash investigation is continuing.