An Oregon union says the victims of one of the state's deadliest highway crashes were farmworkers traveling in a van at an hour when agricultural laborers typically commute home after toiling in the harvest
A damaged vehicle sits on the side of the road on Interstate 5, Northbound on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Marion County, Ore. Two semi-trucks and a passenger van were involved in a deadly crash, which occurred near the city of Albany in an agricultural area of western Oregon, state police said on Thursday. ALBANY, Ore.
But the union, the Woodburn-based PCUN, said in a statement late Friday that the 11 people in the vehicle were farmworkers and it has been in contact with some of their families to support them. It also offered condolences to those affected by the tragedy. The driver of the truck, Lincoln Clayton Smith, 52, of North Highlands, California, was arrested Friday on suspicion of manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and assault, police said. He was being held without bail in Marion County Jail.
At Smith's arraignment, a district attorney said he had refused a field sobriety test and was unable to focus and answer basic questions, thereported. The prosecutor also said Smith acknowledged taking"speed" the day before the crash and was in possession of methamphetamine, according to the paper.
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