WARM SPRINGS, Ore. – A crash Sunday night closed a 13-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, ODOT reported.

ODOT TripCheck’s first posting, shortly before 8 p.m., spoke of a delay and encouraged drivers to “prepare to slow down or move over for worker safety.”

Shortly after 9 p.m. came word at TripCheck that the highway was closed between mileposts 71 and 84 due to a crash near milepost 83. Highway 26 is a key route between Central Oregon and Portland, over Mount Hood.

The Bugle has reached out to ODOT and Oregon State Police for any information they can share.

A motorist posted to the Bend subreddit that "I've been stuck here for almost three hours, along with many others."

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