WINCHERSTER BAY, Ore. — A 31-year-old Portland man was killed in an ATV crash Sunday afternoon at the Umpqua Dunes National Recreation Area, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO).
Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, 911 dispatchers received a report of an injury ATV crash near an area known as Third Finger. Deputies arrived and found the ATV operator, identified as Austin Anthony Durrett, unresponsive and not breathing. EMS personnel responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
DCSO said Durrett had been riding with a group near Fourth Finger. He reportedly left an area known as Lake Shot to locate another member of the group who had run out of fuel. When he did not return, members of the group began searching and found him about 45 minutes later…