The Woodburn, Oregon-based union, PCUN, organized an online fundraiser that has raised over $70,000 to help support the families of the victims. The van was carrying 11 agricultural laborers who were heading home after working in the harvest, the state’s farmworkers union said. On May 18, seven people died and four more were injured when Smith’s semitruck ran off I-5 and slammed into their van as it was parked on the roadside near Albany, in an agricultural area of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon. Smith was being held without bail in Marion County Jail, the sheriff’s office website showed. The Marion County District Attorney’s office, which filed the charges against Smith, said it won’t comment on the case until it has concluded. His court-appointed defense attorney, Tiffany Humphrey, said she couldn’t comment on the open case. (AP) - The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show.Ī grand jury in Marion County Court on Tuesday indicted Lincoln Smith, a 52-year-old truck driver from California, on 12 counts, including seven charges of manslaughter, reckless driving and driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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