SALEM, OR   -- Drunk driving is blamed for a bad accident on Highway 20 near Santiam Junction, Thursday night. Oregon State Police say three people were taken to St Charles in Bend following the head-on crash just before 7 p.m. 

OSP says a Subaru Outback traveling westbound on Highway 20 lost control and crossed the center line striking a Trialblazer head-on.

The driver of the Subaru, 24-year-old Cody Oxford was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The people in the Trailblazer, 42-year-old Roy Wright and 40-year-old Lauren Wright of Springfield were transported with serious injuries.

Oregon State Police cited Oxford for drunk driving.  Both directions of Highway 20 were closed for two hours during the investigation.