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Mother, son die in fatal crash near Tecumseh over weekend

Johnson county ne sheriff patchTECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — The Johnson County Sheriff’s office says a woman and her adult son were killed in a weekend crash north of Tecumseh. The sheriff’s department says the crash happed around 3 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of state Highways 41 and 50 north of Tecumseh.

The southbound Ford Taurus 49-year-old Thomas Grof and his mother, 87-year-old Rose Marie Grof, were driving was struck by an eastbound semitrailer truck.

Deputy Johnson County Attorney Benjamin Beethe says Thomas and Rose Marie Grof both died at the scene. They were both from Tecumseh.

The truck driver survived.

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