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Three men rescued from boat in North Umpqua River

Three men were rescued from a drift boat Friday after it got caught on a rock near Dixon Falls on the North Umpqua River east of Winchester, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The men were fishing when their boat got stuck around 11:45 a.m. on a part of the river near the end of Sunshine Road, sheriff’s Cpl. Noel Garcia said. The boat was taking in a lot of water, had turned sideways and was about to sink when rescuers arrived, he said. All three men were rescued from the boat, which was left in the river, Garcia …

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