TWO TEENS DROWN IN PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR YACHATS
The body JACK HARNSONGKRAM, age 17, one of two Eugene-area teenagers who drowned after being swept into the Pacific Ocean in the Yachats area Saturday afternoon, was recovered Sunday morning.
On February 6, 2010 at approximately 7:00 a.m. a local citizen who was aware of Saturday's tragic drownings was checking the shoreline near where the teen was missing and spotted his body on the rocks. Yachats Fire Department personnel responded and recovered the body before it was washed back into the ocean. The boy's family were staying in the area and notified.
He was one of two Eugene-area teenagers who died Saturday afternoon in the Yachats area when they were swept off a rocky outcropping into the Pacific Ocean and drowned.
One of the victims, CONNOR GREGORY AUSLAND, age 18, was recovered Saturday afternoon following efforts by U.S. Coast Guard, Oregon State Police, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and Yachats Fire Department.
OSP Northern Command Center dispatch was notified by Lincoln County 9-1-1 that a group of teenagers were on a rocky outcropping near Adobe Resort on the south end of Smelt Sands State Park when two of them were swept into the ocean. Their friends were not able to help them and both subsequently drowned.
Emergency responding agencies were unable to recovery HARNSONGKRAM's body until Sunday morning. Both victims were students at South Eugene High School visiting the area with several fellow students and adults.
OSP has advised school administrators of this update. School administrators and staff are helping students and their families during this difficult time.
Questions for the school should be directed Ms. Kerry Delf at (541) 520-6880 or at delf_k@4j.lane.edu.
Photograph Source: Oregon State Police