LINCOLN, Neb. — A former University of Nebraska regent has been convicted of DUI after a serious crash last year that left another driver’s passenger with severe injuries.
Elizabeth O’Connor pleaded guilty to one count of DUI causing serious bodily injury. The charge stems from a May 2025 crash in which O’Connor was driving more than four times the legal drinking limit and caused a crash that injured a passenger in another vehicle. That passenger suffered a broken back and pelvis…