CULVER, OR -- Highway 361, known as the Culver Highway, was fully or partially closed for three hours Thursday afternoon, due to a fatal crash. According to State Police, a Metolius woman was southbound when she tried to negotiate a corner at high speed. Just before 2 p.m., her car crossed the center line and collided head on with a sedan driven by 51-year-old Melonie Aldred, of Culver. 

Aldred died at the scene. The other driver, Maria Calderon, was pulled from the wreckage and flown to the hospital with serious injuries. 

OSP says the investigation is ongoing.