Fatal ATV Hit & Run, Sept. 6

On Friday, September 2nd, 2016, at about 11:00 p.m., deputies responded to an ATV crash on the dunes north of Banshee Hill in Winchester Bay. Witnesses report that 27 year old Benjamin Wohl (driver) of Poulsbo, Washington, and 30 year old Breauna Ellison (passenger) of Clackamas, Oregon, were riding double on a Honda ATV when they were struck by a red and black Polaris side by side ATV. The suspect vehicle was occupied by 3 subjects, 2 males and 1 female, who stopped briefly after the incident. The suspects left the scene and ultimately abandoned the suspect vehicle and fled into the trees on foot, near the county ATV shed on Salmon Harbor Drive. Deputies with the assistance of a K9 unit were not able to locate the suspects. Wohl was declared deceased at the scene and Ellison was transported to Lower Umpqua Hospital with serious injuries. If anyone has information on this incident they are asked to contact the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 541-440-4471.