Oregon football player arrested in fatal hit-and-run crash that left a man dead
Oregon football player Daylen Austin was arraigned on Wednesday and charged with failing to perform the duties of a driver in a crash that happened on Monday.
Austin, was arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash that left a man dead.
According to reports, the hit-and-run occurred just after 9 p.m. local time Monday in a residential neighborhood about 2 miles northwest of downtown.
Police said the person killed was a 46-year-old man but have not released his name.
Austin played in three games for Oregon a year ago as a true freshman, logging 30 snaps with the defense.
He was a consensus four-star recruit ranked as the No. 10 cornerback and the No. 109 overall prospect in the 2023 football class, according to a consensus of the national recruiting services.
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