{"id":1934516,"date":"2023-05-20T03:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T07:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-of-semi-truck-under-arrest-in-fatal-crash-his-rig-allegedly-sandwiched-van-full-of-people\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T03:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T07:08:08","slug":"driver-of-semi-truck-under-arrest-in-fatal-crash-his-rig-allegedly-sandwiched-van-full-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-of-semi-truck-under-arrest-in-fatal-crash-his-rig-allegedly-sandwiched-van-full-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-truck driver arrested for deadly crash, allegedly sandwiched van."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdriver-of-semi-truck-under-arrest-in-fatal-crash-his-rig-allegedly-sandwiched-van-full-of-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Driver of Semi-Truck Arrested in Fatal Crash<\/h2>\n<p>A horrific accident on Interstate 5 in western Oregon has left seven people dead and four injured. The driver of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-opens-human-smuggling-probe-into-calif-deadly-crash\/\" title=\"ICE opens human smuggling probe into Calif. deadly crash\">semi-truck<\/a> that slammed into a passenger van has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI, and other charges.<\/p>\n<h3>The Tragic Details<\/h3>\n<p>Eleven people were in the van when it was struck, and six people died at the scene. One more person died after being airlifted to a hospital, and four were injured. The driver of the semi-truck, Lincoln Clayton Smith, 52, of North Highlands, California, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants, and reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is being held in Marion County Jail, and it is unclear if he has an attorney. The crash involved two semi-trucks and the van and occurred on Thursday afternoon near Albany, in an agricultural area in the Willamette Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The northbound lanes of I-5 were closed for hours as experts investigated, but the routes reopened Thursday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-analyst-says-ev-charging-more-expensive-than-gas\/\" title=\"Energy Analyst Says EV Charging More Expensive Than Gas\">state transportation officials<\/a> said. Bodies were seen covered in plastic in a nearby field after the crash, the Albany Democrat-Herald reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Witness Accounts<\/h3>\n<p>Witness Adrian Gonzalez told the Salem Statesman Journal the van was mangled by the force of the impact. \u201cJudging by the damage, it looked like the van was sandwiched,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cIt got hit very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Deadliest Crashes in Oregon<\/h3>\n<p>The crash is one of the deadliest in Oregon in recent years. A head-on collision on a remote road in Harney County in eastern Oregon in August 2018 killed a family of seven, including five young children. Eight people died overall. In December 2012, nine people died after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-of-semi-truck-under-arrest-in-fatal-crash-his-rig-allegedly-sandwiched-van-full-of-people\/\" title=\"Semi-truck driver arrested for deadly crash, allegedly sandwiched van.\">tour bus careened<\/a> on an icy Interstate 84 and crashed through a guardrail, plunging several hundred feet down a steep embankment.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A semi-truck driver was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI, and other charges after crashing into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon. The crash killed seven people, making it one of the state&#8217;s deadliest accidents in recent years. 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