By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Robert Messbarger doesn’t remember the accident that nearly claimed his life. It was March 10, 2015, and the University of Nebraska at Kearney student, then a freshman, was heading to his parents’ home north of Kearney. As his 2001 Nissan pickup slowed along Highway 10 to make the turn onto West 92nd Street, the vehicle was struck from behind by a semitrailer hauling a backhoe. That collision pushed his pickup into the southbound lane, … [Read more...]
Accident, paralysis not keeping Dylan Wells from pursuing UNK degree
By AUSTIN KOELLER UNK Communications KEARNEY – Dylan Wells had just finished branding cows. He and a friend decided to go trap shooting. It was May 3, 2014. His junior year at Axtell High School. “I dropped him off at his house, went to my house and grabbed our shotguns, our blue rock and everything,” Wells recalls. “We were headed back out, and we were driving kind of fast. I hit my brakes and they locked up.” In a matter of seconds, Wells’ pickup swerved on the gravel road north of … [Read more...]
