Phone alerts responders after car hits tree, killing all six

Mourners gather to lay flowers and gifts at the site of a deadly car crash during an impromptu memorial service on Sunday, Oct 2, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Police in Nebraska said a passenger’s cellphone automatically alerted responders after a car hit a tree in a crash that killed all of its young occupants. — Lincoln Journal Star via AP

LINCOLN, Nebraska: A passenger’s cellphone automatically alerted responders after a car hit a tree early Sunday in a Nebraska crash that killed all six of its young occupants, authorities said.

Five men in the Honda Accord died at the scene of the crash around 2.15am in Lincoln, about three miles east of the state Capitol, police said. A 24-year-old woman died later at a hospital where she was taken in critical condition.