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Estacada mourns teens who died in Memorial Day car accident
Zackary Briant, Jordan Stores and Reagan Alves remembered by family and friends during candlelight vigil
There were tears and hugs as around 400 people gathered to pay tribute to three teenagers who died in a car crash earlier this week.
At the 8 p.m. gathering on Wednesday, June 2, family, friends and community members remembered Reagan Alves, 14, Jordan Stores, 17, and Zackary Briant, 18. Alves was a student at Estacada Middle School, and Briant and Stores attended Estacada High School.
After spending Memorial Day with friends along the Clackamas River, the three died in a car crash on Springwater Road around 9 p.m. Monday, May 31. The driver, 18 year old Estacada resident Devin Kurtz, is charged with three counts of second degree manslaughter, DUII, reckless endangering, reckless driving, third degree assault DUII and second degree criminal mischief. He had previously been in the hospital for treatment of a
Driver faces manslaughter, DUII after 3 teens die in crash June 02 2021
Devin Kurtz, 18, of Estacada, was arrested after a crash on Springwater Road killed three people. The driver in a fatal Memorial Day crash that killed three teenagers and injured another two has been arrested.
On Tuesday, June 1, 18 year old Estacada resident Devin Kurtz was booked in the Clackamas County Jail on three counts of second degree manslaughter, DUII, reckless endangering, reckless driving, third degree assault DUII and second degree criminal mischief. He had previously been in the hospital for treatment of a punctured lung.
Bail was set at $780,000.
A witness told Clackamas County Sheriff s deputies that Kurtz s black sedan was reportedly traveling on Springwater Road near Milo McIver State Park at around 9 p.m. Monday, May 31, when he appeared to lose control of the vehicle. The sedan crossed the center line of the road and collided with a white Ford F350 pickup moving in the o