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Former Nebraska Regent changes plea in DUI crash that injured person
LEADER. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA REGENT ELIZABETH O’CONNOR WILL RESIGN FROM THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL. SHE IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING DRUNK AND CAUSING A CRASH THAT BROKE THE BACK OF A PASSENGER IN ANOTHER CAR IN MAY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS. ERIN. JULIE. THE UNIVERSITY CONFIRMS O’CONNOR’S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. IT COMES EIGHT DAYS BEFORE SHE’S SET TO FACE IMPEACHMENT IN THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE. STATE SENATOR KATHLEEN CASS TELLS ME SHE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH VOTES TO IMPEACH O’CONNOR, AND CASS TELLS ME TONIGHT SHE’S STILL SHE’LL STILL FILE BUT WITHDRAW THE EFFORT WHEN O’CONNOR IS OFFICIALLY OFF THE BOARD. INVESTIGATORS SAY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA REGENT ELIZABETH O’CONNOR WAS FOUR TIMES OVER THE LEGAL BLOOD ALCOHOL LIMIT WHEN SHE CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON BLONDO STREET NEAR 63RD IN MAY. A PASSENGER IN THE OTHER CAR BROKE HER BACK, INVESTIGATORS SAID. THE PASSENGERS, THREE YOUNG GRANDDAUGHTERS, SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE GIRL’S FATHER, RICO MOUNTAIN, HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, INCLUDING SPEAKING AT THE BOARD OF REGENTS. NOW, HE SAYS HE HAS A LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY. IT’S JUST A RELIEF, A GREAT SENSE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HEALING PROCESS. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA TOLD KETV TUESDAY. ELIZABETH O’CONNOR INTENDS TO RESIGN AS THE REPRESENTATIVE IN EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. IT LIFTS A WEIGHT OFF OF US, AND IT SHOWS THAT SHE HAS SOME HUMILITY. ANOTHER VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR O’CONNOR’S RESIGNATION HAS BEEN STATE SENATOR KATHLEEN COUCH. SHE SAID BACK IN SEPTEMBER SHE WOULD FILE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE O’CONNOR FROM OFFICE. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE MET AGAIN. NOW NEXT WEDNESDAY. SHE KNOWS THE IMPEACHMENT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE I HAVE THE VOTES. CASS SAYS SHE’LL STILL FILE TO IMPEACH O’CONNOR, BUT SHE’LL WITHDRAW THAT EFFORT WHEN O’CONNOR IS OFF THE BOARD. I THINK SHE WAITED TILL THE VERY LAST SECOND TO TRY TO PUSH IT OFF AGAIN. GLAD THAT SHE IS CHOOSING TO DO SO. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER HAD SHE CHOSEN TO DO IT EARLIER. O’CONNOR HASN’T RESPONDED TO ANY OF OUR REQUESTS. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO HER ATTORNEY. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESIDENT DOCTOR JEFFREY GOLD TELLS KETV IN A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK O’CONNOR FOR HER LONGSTANDING SERVICE TO THE BOARD, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER SUCCESSOR. WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN O’CONNOR INTENDS TO RESIGN AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. PAUL KENNEY TELLS ME IT WILL BE SOON, ADDING THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT O’CONNOR AS SHE MOVES FORWARD. THE NEXT HEARING IN O’CONNOR’S CRIMINAL CASE IS SET FOR JANUARY 22ND
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Former Nebraska Regent changes plea in DUI crash that injured person
A former Nebraska Regent pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and seriously hurting a woman in a crash.Elizabeth O’Connor changed her plea to guilty.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: University of Nebraska regent accused of DUI waives preliminary hearing, will go to trialAccording to court documents, she was four times over the legal limit when she crossed into oncoming traffic in May 2025 near 63rd and Blondo streets.O’Connor resigned from the Board of Regents in January after several calls for her to step down.READ MORE: NU Regent Elizabeth O’Connor to resign months after being charged with DUIShe will be sentenced in August.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
A former Nebraska Regent pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and seriously hurting a woman in a crash.
Elizabeth O’Connor changed her plea to guilty.
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PREVIOUS COVERAGE: University of Nebraska regent accused of DUI waives preliminary hearing, will go to trial
According to court documents, she was four times over the legal limit when she crossed into oncoming traffic in May 2025 near 63rd and Blondo streets.
O’Connor resigned from the Board of Regents in January after several calls for her to step down.
READ MORE: NU Regent Elizabeth O’Connor to resign months after being charged with DUI
She will be sentenced in August.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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