Ricoh Mountain of Omaha calls on University of Nebraska Regent Elizabeth O’Connor, his representative, to resign. She faces a felony charge of allegedly driving drunk in May and crashing into another car carrying Mountain’s three young children and two of their grandparents. Oct. 3, 2025. (Screenshot of NU Board of Regents meeting)
OMAHA — The father of three young children injured in a May crash allegedly caused by a University of Nebraska regent appeared in person Friday to call for the regent’s resignation.
Ricoh Mountain of Omaha started an online petition calling for Omaha Regent Elizabeth O’Connor’s resignation in early August after she was charged with one count of allegedly driving under the influence and causing serious injury, a Class IIIA felony. Mountain said his daughters, all under the age of 7, faced minor injuries and that his mother-in-law suffered a broken back and pelvis…