CLATSKANIE, Ore. — Two Gig Harbor residents were among four people killed Friday in a collision in Oregon, the Oregon State Police announced Sunday.
Yun Hee Lee, 44, and an unnamed boy from Gig Harbor were killed in the two-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 30 in Clatsop County west of Clatskanie, a news release stated.
Also killed in the wreck were South Korean residents Soon Ja Lim, 71, and Jung Hee Lee, 39. All four died at the scene of the crash.
Three other passengers from the minivan — a girl from Gig Harbor, a boy from South Korea and a 42-year-old South Korean woman — were taken by helicopter to hospitals in Portland with life-threatening injuries, the release states. The driver of the minivan was taken by ambulance to an area hospital.
A westbound minivan with eight passengers, driven by a 45-year-old Gig Harbor man, was turning left across U.S. 30 when it was struck by an eastbound large pickup and trailer driven by a 21-year-old Roy woman.
In the pickup, the 21-year-old woman, her 25-year-old passenger from Roy and a juvenile boy from Roy were all taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
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