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'He was just going to do some amazing things in this world': Friend remembers man killed in crash Douglas County prosecutors said they will charge a 14-year-old driver with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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JULIE: DOUGLAS COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’LL CHARGE THE 14-YEAR-OLD DRIVER IN THE CRASH THAT KILLED THIS MAN. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL. ROB: I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TELLS US THE GIRL WILL FACE A MISDEMEANOR MOTOR VEHICLE HOMICIDE CHARGE IN JUVENILE COURT. POLICE SAY SHE TURNED IN FRONT OF DILLON FLESNER’S MOTORCYCLE AT 156TH AND Q. HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY NIGHT. JULIE: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ALEXANDRA STONE SPOKE WITH FLESSNER’S FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE TONIGHT. ALEXANDRA’S LIVE WITH OUR BIG STORY. ALEXANDRA: WE LEANRED FROM FRIENDS DILLON GREW UP IN ILLINOIS, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AS CIVIL ENGINEER, AND UPON MOVING HERE TO OMAHA, HE QUICKLY MADE IT HOME. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH COMPETITION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND ENJOYED TIME SPENT OUTDOORS AND WITH HIS FIANCE AND PETS. NOW THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED FLESNER ARE FORCED TO SAY GOODBYE. >> HE WAS JUST GOING TO DO SOME AMAZING THINGS IN THIS WORLD. ALEXANDRA: BROCK BERAN SAYS WHEN HE MET DILLON FLESNER, HE KNEW HE NEEDED HIM ON HIS TEAM OF ENGINEER >> HE WAS KIND OF A HYBRID AND KIND OF DID IT ALL. WHETHER IT WAS IN THE FIELD, GETTING DIRTY, OR IN THE OFFICE WHERE HE WAS WRITING COMPUTER PROGRAMS. ALEXANDRA: BERAN SAYS HE RECRUITED THE 29-YEAR-OLD TO MOVE TO THE TREKK DESIGN GROUP OFFICE IN OMAHA LAST JULY, AND THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS >> HE LIKED TURNING A WRENCH, SO HE WOULD HELP ME WORKING ON VEHICLES. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT WORK AND OUTSIDE OF WORK TOGETHER. ALEXANDRA: BERAN ALSO CALLS FLESNER ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE HE KNEW. IN FACT, BERAN SAYS IT WAS A RARE SATURDAY AWAY FROM WORK THAT FLESNER WAS OUT WITH HIS FIANCE, JENNA, ON A MOTORCYCLE RIDE WHEN THE PAIR WAS HIT BY A TRUCK DRIVEN BY A 14-YEAR-OL >> ALL THE FIRST QUESTIONS WERE WHY. YOU THINK IT’S A BAD DREAM, YOU KNOW I KEPT THINKING I WAS GOING TO WAKE UP. ALEXANDRA: DOUGLAS COUNTY ATTORNEY, DON KLEINE, SAYS THE TEEN DID NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF PERMIT OR LICENSE TO OPERATE A VEHICLE. >> YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS 14-YEARS-OLD, WHO IS TOTALLY INEXPERIENCED, AT A BU INTERSECTION WITH A LOT OF LANES, AND SOMETHING VERY BAD HAPPENED ALEXANDRA: BERAN SAYS IT’S A LOSS FELT BY ALL THOSE WHO KNEW FLESNER PARTICULARLY HIS FAMILY. -- LOSS FELT BY ALL THOSE WHO KNEW FLESNER, PARTICULARLY HIS FAMILY. >> THEY’RE GREAT PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IT’S THEIR ONLY CHILD, THEY’RE STRUGGLING. ALEXANDRA: NOW HOPING FLESNER’S LIGHT CAN LIVE ON. >> AMAZING GUY, GREAT ENGINEER, AND A TRULY GREAT FRIEND. ALEXANDR BERAN SAYS HE VISITED FLESNER’S FIANCE IN THE HOSPITAL TODAY AND SHE IS STABLE AND TALKING, BUT HAS A LONG ROAD OF RECOVERY AHEAD. SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE AT TREKK DESIGN GROUP WILL TRAVEL TO ILLINOIS FOR DILLON’S FUNE