Officials say six people killed when a pickup ruck crashed into a passenger van in Idaho were agricultural workers from Mexico. East Idaho News reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico says in a news release that the van passengers were all agricultural workers from Mexico who were in the U.S. on H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker visas.
In this file photo provided by KIFI Local News 8, a pickup truck crashed into a passenger van on U.S. Highway 20, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Idaho Falls , Idaho. The six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho over the weekend were agricultural workers from Mexico , officials said. In this file photo provided by KIFI Local News 8, a pickup truck crashed into a passenger van on U.S. Highway 20, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Idaho Falls , Idaho.
Bonneville County Coroner Rick Taylor identified the victims as Abel Mejía Martínez, 43, Pedro Manuel Alcantar Mejía, 26, Brandon Ponce Gallegos, 24, Jose Guadalupe Sánchez Medina, 20, Luis Enrique Sereno Perez, 32 and Javier Gomez Alcantar, 36.Signet, the company that employed the workers, is collecting donations on GoFundMe and donated $10,000.
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