WARM SPRINGS, OR -- A Happy Valley man was killed in a crash that shut down Highway 26 near Warm Springs for several hours on Saturday morning.

State Police say 30-year-old Kyle Kircher was reported as suicidal, shortly after midnight Saturday. About an hour later, Warm Springs Police found his vehicle at the bottom of the canyon, below the Mill Creek Bridge. Investigators believe the crash was intentional.

Authorities were forced to wait until daylight to launch a recovery operation, which included Deschutes County Search and Rescue and Warm Springs Fire.