7 people killed, 4 injured in road accident in U.S. Oregon


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 May 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A semi-truck crashed into a passenger van in the U.S. state of Oregon, killing seven people and injuring four others, police said on Friday.

Lincoln Clayton Smith, a 52-year-old California trucker, drove a semi-truck Thursday afternoon on I-5, about 16 kilometers north of Albany, when he struck a passenger van with 11 people inside, the Oregon State Police said.

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