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Truck driver in crash that killed 7 farmworkers in Oregon is sentenced to 48 years

WashingtonTruck driver in crash that killed 7 farmworkers in Oregon is sentenced to 48 years

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Printed: March 5, 2025, 5:27pm

FILE – A broken automobile sits on the facet of the highway on Interstate 5, Could 18, 2023, in Marion County, Ore. (Abigail Dollins/Statesman-Journal by way of AP, File)

SALEM, Ore. — A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed right into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was sentenced on Tuesday to just about 50 years in jail.

Marion County Circuit Courtroom Choose Daniel Wren sentenced Lincoln Smith to 48 years and three months, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

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