Dec 29, 2023

Accident claims the life of a Junction City woman

Posted Dec 29, 2023 3:01 AM

By Dewey Terrill

JC Post

At approximately 1:33 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26th the Johnson County, Nebraska Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a two vehicle accident on Highway 50  one and three-quarter miles north of Tecumseh, Nebraska.

When emergency services arrived, they found 18 year old Gracelynn Pellicotte of Junction City, KS, deceased. She was a 2023 JCHS graduate. The two drivers were transported by ambulance to the Johnson County Hospital.

According to notification from a family member of the fatality victim another member of the family,  a 2019 JCHS graduate, was injured in the accident and hospitalized. Her name has not been released.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office and Nebraska State Patrol are investigating the incident.