Just after 4:00pm, Monday August 31st, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office received a transfer 911 call from Coos County stating that there was an ATV accident somewhere up at a mining claim on the Sixes River north of Port Orford, Or. The call was dropped several times due to poor service area. The caller was Randall Scruggs calling about his son, twenty-nine year old Steven Scruggs who had rolled an ATV down over an embankment at their mining claim.
Curry County Sheriff’s Deputies, Cal Ore Life Flight, Reach Air and Sixes River Fire Department all responded to try and locate the victim. Sergeant Jordan White found the father of the victim, Randall Scruggs traveling down Sixes River Road about ten miles east of Highway 101 with Steven Scruggs.
Cal Or Life Flight Ambulance responded and met up with the Scruggs and then transported Steven to the Sixes River Grange at the corner of Sixes River Road and U.S. Highway 101. Reach Air arrived by helicopter and then flew Steven Scruggs, due to his injuries which included possible head trauma, to River Bend Hospital in Springfield, Oregon.
It is unknown at this time the condition of Steven Scguggs.
