July 18, 2026 6:40 p.m. 

Rescue crews extracted an injured man from the North Umpqua River following a risky jump on Friday.

Undersheriff Brad O’Dell of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday at around 10:30 a.m. 911 dispatchers received a report of the need for medical aid at Toketee Falls after an individual had jumped into the water and injured himself. O’Dell said rescuers from DCSO, Glide Rural Fire Protection District, Central Douglas Fire & Rescue, and Umpqua Valley Ambulance responded to the scene.

It was determined that 20-year-old Angel Antonio Ceja of Oahu, Hawaii had been on had been on a road trip with a friend and had been visiting locations where he could cliff jump while recording videos to post online. After watching numerous videos of others successfully jumping from a large log suspended approximately 60 feet above the North Umpqua River, about 200 feet upstream of Toketee Falls. Ceja decided to make the jump.

O’Dell said when Ceja entered the water following his jump, he dislocated his right shoulder. Although he was able to pull himself from the river onto a partially submerged log and then onto a small rock shelf, he was unable to climb back to the trail.

Rescuers deployed a steep-angle rescue rope system to safely raise Ceja into a recue litter from the gorge. Once on the trail, Ceja was able to walk the reminder of the trail to a waiting ambulance. He was transported to CHI Mercy Medical Center for treatment.