The Sheriff's office of Douglas County bangs after a fatal crash against Millard Speedster

Omaha, along with (wowt) – flowers and candles dirty the corner 176. And Q.

This is just outside Millard West High, where 16-year-old Elise Cole was tragically killed in a wreck.

“It is a difficult situation,” said Mark and Kay Shields from Millard.

The Omaha police are still investigating what exactly led to the incident, but on Thursday on Thursday more details from the Sheriff's office of Douglas County.

“Speed ​​was a factor for this collision and a violations of a traffic signal,” says Joseph Martinec.

After the crash, Speedsters and wreckless drivers are for SGT. Martinec.

The shields that have lived their whole life in Millard consider it necessary.

“I mean, it's just not a Q Street,” said Shields. “I know one of the most important streets where people just fly by.”

In the past week SGT. Martinec kept an eye on the drivers in the Q Street between 168 and 180. It uses a laser to determine speeds.

“In this zone of 45 miles per hour, we humans who are 60, 70 years old have higher speeds than this,” said Martinec.

Since the beginning of her operation, Martinec said that he had given more than a dozen quotes.

Both Martinec and the shields hope that the drivers are slower with further eyes on the street.

“Something has to be done,” said the Shields.

The first Alert 6 is still waiting for a complete report by the Omaha police on the incident.

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