CCSO report -On October 15, 2019 at 03:38 am, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office was contacted regarding an overturned vehicle near mile post 22 on Sitkum Lane east of Myrtle Point. A single occupant in the vehicle was found to be partially entrapped under the vehicle, a green, 1994, four door, Saturn automobile. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene as well as first responders from Myrtle Point Ambulance and Dora Sitkum Fire. Upon investigation it was determined the operator, a local resident identified as 70 year old Michael R. Digby of Myrtle Point, had struck the embankment and overturned his vehicle. Mr. Digby was partially ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene.
