18-year-old drowns after late-evening swim river near Logsden, Oregon

LOGSDEN, Ore. (KATU) — A late-evening swim in a remote stretch of the Siletz River gorge ended with an 18-year-old Newport man drowning.

Emergency responders, including the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, were dispatched at about 6:33 p.m. June 13 to a report of a missing swimmer in the Siletz River gorge near Logsden. The location was described as about two miles upstream of Moonshine Park.

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Bystanders reported seeing a male swimmer jump off rocks and then struggle to return from the river. Attempts were made to locate and rescue him, but they were unsuccessful, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said.

At about 7:09 p.m., after the swimmer had been missing for about an hour, emergency personnel reported seeing his body in 10 to 12 feet of water just downstream from where he was last seen. The Lane County Search and Rescue Dive Team was requested to assist with recovering the swimmer from what authorities described as a challenging location.

Just after midnight, 18-year-old Dallas Davis of Newport was recovered from the river.

The incident is being investigated as a drowning, and next of kin was notified.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Siletz Fire Department, Lane County Search and Rescue and the Lincoln County Medical Examiner’s Office.