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Update: Driver cited after crash that closed U.S. Highway 20 near Suttle Lake

(Update: State Police information)

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A driver received minor injuries and was cited after a single-vehicle crash that closed U.S. Highway 20 near Suttle Lake late Tuesday night, Oregon State Police said.

ODOT advised motorists on TripCheck just after 11 p.m. that the highway was closed by the crash near milepost 90, west of Sisters and three miles east of the intersection with Suttle Lake Loop.

In the video above captured by KTVZ, you can see traffic backed up to a stop, as well as first responders searching in the brush alongside the highway.

OSP said the crash occurred when the driver of an eastbound pickup lost control and it overturned, landing on the westbound shoulder of the highway. He was taken to St. Charles Bend with minor injuries and cited for driving with a suspended license.

"Heavy rains were a factor, and speed appears to have been a factor," troopers said.

The vehicle was reported to have caught on fire, but OSP had no further information. The involved truck was towed from the scene by Davis Towing.

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