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Tagged: Interstate 84

Oregon Bus Crash
5:36 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

Northwest's Korean Community Draws Close After Deadly Bus Crash

Credit Oregon State Police
Nine people were killed in a bus crash on Interstate 84 in northeast Oregon.
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The Northwest Korean community is grieving two more victims in that deadly bus crash in northeast Oregon. So far, seven of the nine victims’ names have been released in the accident that also injured dozens.

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Oregon Bus Crash
4:17 pm
Wed January 2, 2013

More Northeast Oregon Bus Crash Victims Identified

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Emergency personnel at the scene of Sunday's fatal bush crash on Interstate 84 east of Pendleton.
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Two Korean tourists who were visiting family in Bothell, Wash., are the latest victims to be identified in that deadly bus crash in northeast Oregon. Police say Sunday’s accident east of Pendleton was Oregon’s deadliest crash since 1971. Among the dead were 67-year-old Jung Oun Hong and his 63-year-old wife, Kim Joong Wha of Korea.

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