Lawsuit faults 1 trucker for stopping on I-5 shoulder to allegedly eat lunch, 2nd for alleged drugged driving and killing 7

I-5 multiple fatal wreck in Marion County

A damaged vehicle sits on the side of the road on Interstate 5 North on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Marion County. Two semitrucks and a passenger van were involved in a deadly crash.Abigail Dollins/Statesman Journal via AP

UPDATE JULY 1: This story has been updated to note a total of two wrongful death lawsuits have been filed over the May 2023 crash.

The estate of a 38-year-old man who was one of seven farmworkers who died when the passenger van he was in was sandwiched between two semitrucks along Interstate 5 filed a lawsuit this week seeking more than $20 million.

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