Two people and a sheriff's office K-9 have died following a high-speed pursuit and a train crash involving two vehicles in Nebraska on Tuesday night.

Joseph Stoltenberg, 43, the suspect who initiated the chase, died on impact.

The other person who died was 31-year-old Kyle Ediger, a teacher at Hampton Public Schools, the district confirmed to sister station KETV. Ediger, who worked at the school for the past nine years, was a math teacher and the Hampton boys basketball coach.

"Mr. Kyle Ediger worked at Hampton Public School for the past 9 years, and was a valued and respected math teacher and coach. His unexpected death was a shock to our students and staff," Hampton Public Schools said in a statement.

Stoltenberg hit the back of a vehicle driven by Ediger that was waiting for the train, pushing the vehicle into the train. Stoltenberg, Ediger and the K-9 died on impact.

Nitro was the female K-9 who died in the crash, the sheriff's office confirmed to sister station KETV.

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A K-9 police dog was killed Sunday morning when an impaired driver crashed into the vehicle the animal was sitting in, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.

Loki, a K-9 unit for the Boone County Sheriff's Department, was sitting in the police SUV during a traffic stop when the rear of the vehicle was struck by the drunk driver. The officer, Deputy Robert Rosenkranz, was not in the vehicle, though he received minor injuries from debris that flew from the crash.

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Loki was badly injured from the crash, and was taken to a veterinary clinic where he later died, officials say.

The crash is being investigated by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State Police.