Seven people were killed and multiple others hurt in a crash involving several vehicles Thursday in western Oregon.
Oregon State Police troopers and firefighters work near the site of a wrecked tractor-trailer Thursday, May 18, 2023,calong Interstate 5 in Albany, Ore. Mulitple people were killed and others hurt in a crash involving multiple vehicles Thursday on Interstate 5 near Albany, Oregon, police said. Albany, Ore. — Seven people were killed and multiple others hurt in a crash involving several vehicles Thursday on Interstate 5 in an agricultural area of western Oregon, police said.
Officers responded at about 2:05 p.m. to the crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle in the northbound lanes about 7 miles north of Albany, near the Santiam rest area, Oregon State Police said in a statement.The passenger vehicle involved was a van, the Albany Democrat-Herald Bodies covered in plastic could be seen in a nearby field and the Marion County medical examiner was at the scene, the newspaper said. A Life Flight helicopter left the scene at about 2:45 p.m.
Police and fire officials put a blue tarp on the wrecked van and placed a barrier near one of the trucks to block the view of the scene, according to the Democrat-Herald.“Judging by the damage, it looked like the van was sandwiched,” Adrian Gonzalez said. “It got hit very hard.” Two Life Flight helicopters landed and took people away while paramedics treated others on the ground, Gonzalez told the paper.The northbound lanes of I-5 were reopened Thursday night after being closed due to the crash, state transportation officials said.
Albany lies between Salem and Eugene and is about 70 miles south of Portland. I-5 is the main north-south interstate highway on the West Coast.
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