PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The tribal police chief says five people have died in a two-vehicle crash and fire on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon.
Chief Tim Addleman said both vehicles were engulfed in flames after the head-on crash Tuesday afternoon.
The East Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/zBi0tp) that firefighters determined two bodies were in one vehicle and three in the other.
Addleman says authorities believe they know the identities of three of the victims. He declined to identify them pending notification of relatives.
