March 8, 2026 3:45 p.m.  

A Drain man died in a single-vehicle crash near Yoncalla on Friday afternoon.

Undersheriff Brad O’Dell of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said shortly before 2:45 p.m. dispatchers received a report of the wreck in the 10000 block of Elkhead Road. O’Dell said the crash had been discovered by a FedEx driver who alerted a nearby homeowner.

Deputies, along with fire and EMS personnel, responded to the scene. The first arriving deputy discovered an SUV in a field approximately 200 feet from the roadway. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 33-year-old Nicholas Rex Snyder. Snyder had been ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

O’Dell said the crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information or knowledge of events leading up to the wreck is encouraged to call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 440-4471.

DCSO was assisted at the scene by North Douglas Fire & EMS, the Douglas County Medical Examiner’s Office and Longheads Towing.

Next of kin notifications have been made.