DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER PICKUP VERSUS ELK ACCIDENT

DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER PICKUP VERSUS ELK ACCIDENT

September 16, 2026 9:20 a.m.  A driver was taken to the hospital after a vehicle versus elk accident early Wednesday morning. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 4:10 a.m. a Myrtle Creek man was headed southwest in the 3000 block of Riddle Bypass Road in the Riddle area when he observed several elk entering the roadway directly in front of him. The pickup hit at least one of the elk, which was a cow found in a nearby ditch. A deputy…