A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near 16th and Spencer streets in north Omaha on Wednesday, and the person was rushed to the hospital with CPR in progress. Police investigated the crash, and no further details about the circumstances had been released.
According to KETV, officers were called to the area to investigate a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, and the station reported that the investigation was ongoing. The outlet did not report the person's identity, age, or the precise circumstances that led up to the collision, and it was not immediately clear whether any citations had been issued.
A Grim Pattern on Omaha Streets
Wednesday's crash is not the only recent case in which a pedestrian in Omaha was struck and rushed to a hospital in serious condition. In a separate incident, the station's report noted that a collision near 31st Street and Ames Avenue around 11 a.m. left a pedestrian in critical condition, with the cause of that crash also listed as under investigation. In another case, a crash near 13th and Center streets just before 6 p.m. on a Tuesday left a pedestrian with serious but not life-threatening injuries after another vehicle was unable to stop in time. Each of those incidents involved different circumstances and outcomes than Wednesday's crash near 16th and Spencer, and none of the available reporting draws a direct connection between them.
Nebraska's Deadliest Stretch for Pedestrians in Decades
The crash comes as Nebraska grapples with a sharp rise in pedestrian deaths. Nebraska Public Media reported that the state had 27 pedestrian deaths in 2025, up from 22 the year before and 13 two years earlier — a nearly 108% increase since 2023 and the highest one-year total since at least 1992, according to the outlet's reporting. That same report found Omaha had logged nine pedestrian deaths that year, including two in the span of just one week.
In a separate account, Nebraska Public Media described 2025 as the state's deadliest year for pedestrians in more than three decades. The outlet's reporting also found that a majority of Omaha's traffic injuries and fatalities occur east of 72nd Street, with North and South Omaha bearing a disproportionate share of the toll.
Omaha's Vision Zero Push
City leaders have tried to confront the trend through Omaha's Vision Zero initiative, which was fully adopted in 2023 with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities citywide by 2045. The same Nebraska Public Media report noted that Omaha had recorded nine pedestrian deaths in 2025.
For now, police have released no update on the condition of the person struck near 16th and Spencer streets, and the circumstances surrounding Wednesday's crash remain under investigation.
