Three people were killed in a Monday morning car crash east of Salem.
Kelly Byrd, 33, Joseph Dominick, 41, and Byrd’s 1-year-old son died as a result of the crash about 7:40 a.m. on Howell Prairie Road NE. Mark Kuenzi, 43, sustained minor injuries.
Byrd, Dominick and Byrd’s son were in a 1992 Honda Accord, which crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a 2016 Dodge Ram 4500 work truck driven by Kuenzi.
The Marion County Crash Team has yet to determine a cause for the Accord traveling into the oncoming lane, but officials said they have not eliminated driver impairment as a factor.
Howell Prairie was closed to traffic until midafternoon, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
-- K. Rambo
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