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WEBVTT AS HER FAMILY TRIES TO COPE WITH SUCH A DEVASTATING LOSS, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ALSO STRUGGLING. HARD-WORKING, OUTGOING, AND HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW WAYS FRIENDS DESCRIBE 32-YEAR-OLD MARIA CRISTI MENJIVAR, A MOTHER TO THESE THREE BOYS. JULIAN 10, ADRIAN 8 AND ANGEL 7. THE 4 WERE HEADED WEST ON HIGHWAY 30 AROUND 5:40 WHEN TH CRASH HAPPENED. THE DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A FORD MUSTANG, DRIVEN BY 16-YEAR-OLD JACK FORD, WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT NEAR THE WESTLAKE MOBILE HOME PARK. WHEN 33-YEAR-OLD GERMAN LOPEZ SAENZ HIT THE CAR FROM BEHIND IN HIS DODGE RAM PICK-UP. DEPUTIES SAY THE IMPACT SENT THE TRUCK INTO WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, CRASHING INTO MENJIVAR’S FO TAURUS HEAD-ON. >> WE KNEW WE HAD MULTIPLE VICTIMS AND WE KNEW WE NEEDED MULTIPLE SQUADS. REPORTER: THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE FREMONT POLICE CITY AND RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS,AND THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL ALL RESPONDED. THE SCENE WAS ACTIVE FOR HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT. AFTER THE CALL COMES THE COPING, NOT ONLY FOR FAMIL IT IS DIFFICULT. IT’S DEFINITELY, IT PULLS AT YOUR HEART STRINGS AND YOU FEEL FOR THIS FAMILY. >> YOU’VE GOT YOUNGER GUYS THAT HAVE KIDS ON THE DEPARTMENT, YOU’VE GOT SOME OF SOME OF US OLDER GUYS THAT HAVE HAD KIDS AND NOW WE’VE GOT GRANDKIDS, SO IT SITS IN. REPORTER THOSE RESPONDERS WILL GET THROUGH, TOGETHER. FREMONT FIRE CAPTAIN JAMIE MEYER SAYS COUNSELORS WILL BE ON HAND FOR DEPUTIES AND FIREFIGHTERS THIS WEDNESDAY. >> JUST THE SIGHTS AND THE SOUNDS AND JUST LETTING GUYS TALK ABOUT IT AND JUST GETTING THAT EMOTIONAL EDGE OFF, IT DOESN’T MEAN IT GOES AWAY. REPORTER: LOVED ONES SAY THEY ARE STILL TOO EMOTIONAL TO SPEAK WITH US, BUT THEY’VE STARTED A GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP COVER ANY FAMILY EXPENSES. THREE TEENAGERS IN THE MUSTANG WENT TO A FREMONT HOSPITAL, THEY WERE STABLE AT LAST CHECK. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, GERMAN LOPEZ SAENZ, WENT TO NEBRASKA MEDICINE WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. YOU CAN FIND A LINK IN THIS STORY ON KETV.

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UPDATE:The Dodge County Sheriff's Office said a mother and her three children from Schuyler were the four people killed Saturday night in a crash on Highway 30 west of Fremont.A family member confirms Maria Cristina Menjivar, 32, and her three sons, Angel Menjivar, 7, Adrian Menjivar, 8, and Julian Menjivar, 10, were killed in the crash.A family member said Menjivar was pregnant and due in March.Friends describe Menjivar as hard-working and happy-go-lucky, with a very outgoing personality. They said her boys were sweet and loving.A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the Menjivar family.The Sheriff's Office does not believe alcohol to be a factor.Investigators said the crash happened on Highway 30 near the entrance of Westlake Mobile Home Park, about half a mile west of Fremont.Investigators said a Ford Mustang, driven by 16-year-old Jack Ford, of Fremont, was stopped while waiting to turn left. That's when Ford's vehicle was struck from behind by a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by 33-year-old German Lopez Saenz, of Fremont, according to authorities.The impact sent the truck into westbound traffic, where it crashed head-on with a Ford Taurus driven by Menjivar.Medics pronounced all four family members in the Ford Taurus dead on the scene."We knew we had multiple victims and we knew we needed multiple squads," said Deputy Brie Frank with the Douglas County Sheriff's office.The Fremont Police Department, Fremont Fire Department, Fremont Rural Fire Department and Nebraska State Patrol also responded to the scene, which was active for hours Saturday night.After the call, comes to coping for not only family -- but first responders."It's difficult," Frank said. "It's definitely, it pulls at your heart strings and you want to feel for this family.""You've got younger guys that have kids on the department," said Lt. Doug Backens with the Fremont Fire Department. "You've got some of us older guys that have had kids and now we've got grandkids, so it sets in."Those responders will get through together. Fremont Fire Captain Jamie Meyer said counselors will be on hand for deputies and firefighters on Wednesday."Just the sights and the sounds and just letting guys talk about it and just getting that emotional edge off," Meyer said. "It doesn't mean it goes away."Investigators said Menjivar was not wearing a seat belt and one of her three children, who were all in the back seat, was not buckled up.Saenz was taken to Methodist Fremont Health and later transferred to Nebraska Medicine for serious injuries. He was wearing a seatbelt.Ford and his two male passengers, ages 16 and 17, went to Methodist Fremont Health. It's unknown whether they were wearing seat belts. All three were stable Saturday night.Stay with KETV for updates on this developing story. PREVIOUS REPORT:Four people have died in a crash west of Fremont, officials said. The crash was reported around 5:40 p.m. on Highway 30.The Dodge County Sheriff's Office told KETV that an eastbound car was stopped on Highway 30 in the traffic lane, trying to turn left into a mobile home park, when a pickup truck came from behind and crashed into the car. The truck driver then tried to swerve and drove up over the back of the car and into oncoming traffic, hitting a westbound car head-on. Four people in the westbound car are dead. The three people from the car waiting to turn were taken to the hospital and are expected to be OK. The driver of the truck was also taken to the hospital. There is no word on his condition. This is a developing story. Stay with KETV for updates.