Dunes Fatal, Coos Co., March 23

CCSO release – On 03/20/2021 at about 6:08 PM, the Coos County Communications Center received a report of a traffic crash in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area of Lakeside. The crash was reported to be on the Ten Mile Sand Road about 1.5 miles East of Horsfall Beach. Initial reports indicated a 2001 Jeep Cherokee was off of the sand road in the water upside down, and that there were still occupants in the vehicle. Two of the three occupants of the vehicle were able to get out of the vehicle with assistance of several other ATV riders who stopped to help. Upon the Deputies’ arrival, the 3rd occupant of the vehicle was still trapped in the vehicle under water. The Deputy, with the assistance of the other ATV riders was able to attach a winch line from the deputy’s patrol truck and quickly winch the vehicle out of the water so that the occupant could be removed from the vehicle. CPR was immediately administered and continued to be administered until medical staff from the Hauser Fire Department and Bay Cities Ambulance arrived on scene and took over medical aid. Bay Cities Ambulance Medical personnel with the assistance of Bay Area Hospital Physicians pronounced the 3rd passenger; Hailey Vincent, 24, deceased at the scene. The Coos County Sheriff’s Office would like to Thank the ATV Community, and more specifically the ATV riders who assisted at the scene with the quick, selfless actions which likely saved the life of at least one of the other occupants of the vehicle. At this time the cause of the accident is still under an active investigation.