Wreck sends three to hospital

A collision at the junction of highways 20 and 242 sent three people to the hospital on Saturday morning, September 12.

According to sheriff's reports, Sheaffer Lapham, 18, of Bend, tried to make a left turn from Highway 20 onto Highway 242 "without yielding the right of way" to an oncoming 1989 Cadillac driven by Karen Osborne, 42, of Salem.

Osborne and her passenger were injured in the wreck, as was a teen-age passenger in Lapham's Honda Civic. They were transported to St. Charles Medical Center by Sisters' ambulance.

According to police, all involved were wearing seatbelts and there is no evidence that drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.