BEATRICE - Johnson County authorities have released the identity of a person killed in a one-vehicle accident east of Tecumseh, Saturday.

41-year-old Billy Case Jr. of Auburn, died in the accident that sent Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel to the scene, at about 10:30 p.m.

The crash scene was three miles east of Highway 50 on U.S. Highway 136. 

Two others who were in the 1998 Pontiac Sunfire were taken to Johnson County Hospital in Tecumseh.   The accident is still under investigation by the Johnson County Sheriff and Attorney’s Offices and the Nebraska State Patrol.