SISTERS, OR -- Icy roads are blamed for a fatal crash on Highway 20, Friday afternoon. State Police responded to the scene just east of Sisters, and say a Suzuki lost control and struck a tree, just before 4 p.m.

The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. But the passenger, 38-year-old Maria Aviles Tapia of Sisters, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Highway 20 was closed for about three hours for that investigation.