BEATRICE – It was a young Kansas woman who died in a two-vehicle collision north of Tecumseh, Nebraska… the day after Christmas.

The Johnson County Attorney’s office Thursday released the identity of the victim.  18-year-old Gracelynn Pellicotte, of Junction City, Kansas was a  passenger in one of the two vehicles that collided one-and-three-quarters miles north of Tecumseh. 

County law officers and emergency responders were sent to the scene at 1:33 p.m., Tuesday….along Nebraska Highway 50.

The two drivers were taken by ambulance to the Johnson County Hospital in Tecumseh.  Both the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol were investigating the accident.