Sheriff IDs 3rd Christmas tree worker killed in Salem crash

Marion County 3-fatal crash web 1129 — Marion County Sheriff's Office

December 5, 2019 1:07 pm

Published December 5, 2019 1:05 pm

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has identified the third man killed in a crash in Salem Friday night when a van full of Christmas tree workers from Guatemala collided with a pickup truck.

The worker identified Thursday is 18-year-old Lucas Felipe Diego. The other two Christmas tree workers killed were 41-year-old Andres Alonzo-Canil and 39-year-old Miguel Alonzo-Lucas.

Ranging in age from 14 to 64, more than a dozen workers were headed home when the collision happened, killing the three workers and sending three others to the hospital.

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