LINCOLN, Neb. — A Lincoln man is in jail following a crash where his passenger sustained serious injuries.

Ron Leafty was arrested for DUI causing serious bodily injury, driving during revocation and resisting arrest.

Lincoln Police said just before 8 p.m. Thursday, officers and Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to the area of North 60th and Platte Avenue for a report of an injury crash between a white Honda Ridgeline and a tree.

LPD said the investigation determined the Ridgeline was westbound on Platte Ave at a high rate of speed and attempted to navigate a right hand turn to go northbound. LPD said the vehicle could not make the turn due to speed, left the roadway, and collided with a tree.

The passenger in the vehicle sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and was tr

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