PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – A Springfield man involved in a Salem crash that killed two people and injured several others in mid-September was arrested by police Wednesday, according to authorities.
Terrance Harley Quackenbush-Benson, 29, had been driving a truck southbound on Cordon Road SE when he crossed the center line and struck a pick-up truck head-on, officials said.
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When police arrived just before 10:10 a.m., they found that the driver of the other car, Blanca Franco-Ramos, and passenger Heriberto Rangel-Rangel had died in the collision. Another passenger in her truck remains hospitalized as of Oct. 10.
A passenger in Quackenbush-Benson’s truck was also injured and treated at Salem Health.
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Springfield police arrested Quackenbush-Benson on Wednesday and faces the following charges: two counts of first-degree manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault, driving under the influence, reckless driving, and four counts of reckless endangerment.