William Micah Carter and Jennifer Lynn Lower had only been married for 16 days at the time of the tragic incident
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- William Micah Carter and Jennifer Lynn Lower were killed after they crashed into a jackknifed vehicle in Oregon
- According to Lower’s father, the couple honeymooned at Disneyland and were traveling back to Salem at the time of the incident
- Rajinder Kumar, who was operating the jackknifed vehicle, was arrested on charges of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangering
A pair of newlyweds was killed after crashing into a jackknifed vehicle on the way back from their honeymoon.
On Nov. 25, William Micah Carter, 25, and Jennifer Lynn Lower, 24, were involved in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 in Deschutes County, according to the Oregon State Police.
Once first responders arrived at the scene, preliminary investigations suggested that a commercial motor vehicle and trailer operated by Rajinder Kumar, 32, was stopped in a jackknifed position, blocking both lanes of travel.
Carter, who was operating a westbound Subaru Outback, struck the trailer at highway speeds around 9:30 p.m. as it was stopped perpendicular to the direction of traffic…