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Charges Filed In Traffic Death Of Chadron Man

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       A Nebraska man has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide in the March crash near Ravenna that killed 52-year old Curtis Deines of Chadron. 

         26-year-old Sergio Tinajero of Grand Island has also been charged with driving an unregistered vehicle.

       Prosecutors say Tinajero was behind the wheel of a pickup just before 5 a.m. on March 19 when it collided with an SUV carrying Deines and other railroad employees at a rural intersection east of Ravenna. 

       Deines, a former Chadron State College football star and Hall of Fame member, died at the scene while 3 others in the SUV were injured.