Oregon Highway Crash Kills 7 Mexican Farmworkers, Driver Arrested for DUII.

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Seven farmworkers were killed and four were injured in a highway crash in Oregon when a semitruck ran off Interstate 5 and slammed into their van parked on the roadside. The victims were all passengers in the van, and the driver of the semitruck was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI, reckless driving, and assault. The victims were all agricultural workers, and their families are asking for safer roads for workers commuting after a hard day's work.
- Oregon highway crash: All victims were farmworkers, union says NBC News
- Truck driver arrested in Oregon freeway crash that killed 7 Mexican farmworkers is from North Highlands CBS News
- Oregon police arrest North Highlands man for DUII after crash that killed 7 on I-5 ABC10
- Victims of deadly I-5 crash north of Albany were farmworkers, union says KGW.com
- Victims of deadly Oregon highway crash were farmworkers, union says KCRG
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