October 14, 2025 4:00 a.m. 

Oregon State Police are asking for public assistance in identifying the suspect or suspects in a fatal hit and run crash which took place early Sunday morning south of Roseburg.

An OSP release said just before 1:10 a.m. troopers responded to the wreck involving a pedestrian on Highway 42 near Grant Smith Road in the Green District.

The preliminary investigation indicated that 30-year-old Dustin Rios of Canyonville was in the lane of travel for an unknown reason when he was struck by an eastbound vehicle. This took place close to the Taco Bell location. A black Honda passenger vehicle fled the scene after striking Rios.

Despite lifesaving efforts, Rios was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The release said roadside evidence suggests the vehicle involved is a 2006-2011 black Honda Civic. Evidence from the scene indicated the vehicle sustained damage to the driver’s side mirror. Law enforcement also recovered an adhesive transparent window visor believed to have come from the driver’s side door.

The sedan was last seen traveling eastbound on Highway 42 toward Interstate 5 and may have continued northbound.

Anyone with information is asked to contact OSP’s Southern Command dispatch center at 800-442-2068.

The highway was impacted for approximately four hours during the on-scene investigation.

OSP was assisted by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Winston Police Department, Douglas County Emergency Services, Douglas County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Oregon Department of Transportation.