Salem man shared alcohol, marijuana with minors before fatal joyride, police affidavit says

A 33-year-old Salem man took four minors on a joyride on Marion County backroads, drinking and smoking marijuana with them before crashing on Sunday evening, a survivor of the crash told police.

The Marion County District Attorney’s Office charged Christopher Atkinson on Monday with manslaughter, assault, reckless driving and furnishing alcohol to minors following the crash that killed 16-year-old Zolayha Johnson, a junior at McNary High School.

Three other minors, including Johnson’s 12-year-old sister, a…