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3 from Washington killed in 2-car crash in Oregon

Published  August 17, 2018 1:07pm PDT
Associated Press

MADRAS, Ore. -- Three people were killed in a two-car collision near on U.S. Highway 97 near Madras.

Two of the victims were girls under the age of 18.

A car driven by 33-year-old Sarah Marie Steffler, of Moses Lake, Washington, crossed the centerline early Friday morning and crashed into a guardrail before colliding with a car driven by Miguel Galvan Sanchez of Manson, Washington.

Steffler and her young passenger died, as well as a girl in Sanchez's car.

The two young victims have not yet been identified.

Sanchez and another passenger were taken by helicopter to a Bend hospital.

Authorities say the crash happened around 2 a.m.