24-year-old driver crashes into homeless encampment, killing 4, Oregon police say
A 24-year-old driver crashed into a homeless encampment in Oregon and killed four people, police said.
Enrique Rodriguez Jr. was arrested and charged with four counts of manslaughter, second-degree assault, third-degree assault and six counts of reckless endangerment, the Salem Police Department said in a news release.
Rodriguez drove off the road in his “two-door sports coupe” and into the encampment on Sunday, March 27, around 2 a.m., police said.
The encampment was on a street corner, police said.
Two people were pinned beneath the car, police said.
Medical responders took four people to a hospital, where two people died, police said. Two other people died at the crash scene, police said.
Police said Rodriguez was also taken to a hospital.
Three people experiencing homelessness were given shelter in a motel, police said.
Rodriguez was booked into the Marion County Jail.
Salem is about 46 miles southwest of Portland.
This story was originally published March 28, 2022 at 12:49 PM with the headline "24-year-old driver crashes into homeless encampment, killing 4, Oregon police say."
