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Reporter: Jacki Ochoa

Ralston Fatal Folo

A family is grieving the loss of their eight-year-old girl, but praying for the recovery of their other two daughters.

The family's minivan was rear-ended on Monday evening at 72nd and Main in Ralston. A mother and her three daughters were inside. On of the girls, Julia Brown, died in the accident.

Jasmine Maharisi recounts what she saw moments after the crash.

"It was just a normal day for them and then in just a blink of an eye, everything is gone and they will never be the same again," said Maharisi.

Rodney Watkins was the driver of the car that hit the Browns. Channel Six asked Watkins if a medical condition could explain the crash. He said he didn't know.

Police are still investigating the reason for the accident.

Posted May 21, 2012


An 8-year old girl died in an early evening crash Monday in Ralston. Her two sisters and mother were injured.

Omaha Police say Julia Brown of Papillion was killed when the van she was riding in was struck from behind by a pickup at 72nd and Main Street at 5:40pm.

Emily Brown, 10, and Madeline Brown, 13, and their mother Susan M. Brown, 44, were injured in the crash. Their injuries are non-life threatening.

The Honda minivan was stopped at a traffic light when, according to witnesses, a pickup that had been driving erratically and at a high rate of speed hit them from behind and pushed the vehicle through the intersection.

It had struck another van moments before, according to Omaha Police.

The Omaha driver of the Ford pickup, Rodney D. Watkins, was taken to Creighton University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

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