Authorities have released the name of a man who died when he apparently jumped from a pickup during a chase with officers in southeast Nebraska.
The Nebraska State Patrol on Wednesday identified the man as 19-year-old Justin Kanniard, of Pawnee City and Steinauer.
Kanniard died late Monday near Humboldt after leading officers on a chase in Richardson and Pawnee counties.
The patrol says a preliminary investigation shows the pickup left the road and went into a soybean field after the front tires were flattened by stop sticks deployed by officers.
Officials say the driver had a rope around his neck that was attached to the vehicle, and he apparently jumped out of the truck while it was moving. Sources say the man was decapitated. An autopsy is pending.
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