4 Gig Harbor Residents Involved In Fatal Oregon Crash

CLATSKANIE, OR - Several people from Gig Harbor were either injured or killed in a serious crash Friday on a highway in western Oregon.

According to Oregon State Police, Yong Gi Kim, 45, of Gig Harbor was driving a minivan full of people along Highway 30 east of Astoria Friday morning. While making a left turn across the highway, a pickup truck towing an empty horse trailer smashed into the side of the minivan.

Yun Hee Lee, 44, and an unidentified juvenile, both from Gig Harbor, were killed in the crash. Soon Ja Lim, 71, and Jung Hee Lee, 39, both from South Korea, also died.

Another unidentified juvenile from Gig Harbor was injured and flown to a Portland hospital for treatment. Yoon Kyung Led, 42, of South Korea, was also taken to a hospital in Portland.

The driver of the pickup truck, Stevie R. Smith, 21, of Roy, and her two passengers were taken to the hospital.

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