college football

By Ryan Glass Piegel

Oregon defensive back Daylen Austin has been charged in an alleged hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a 46-year-old man in Eugene.

Eugene police said the crash occurred around 9:10 p.m. local time Monday night at the corner of West 4th Avenue and Polk Street, about three miles from campus, and Austin was arrested around 11: 45 pm, according to ABC News. .

On Wednesday, he was arraigned on charges of failure to perform his duties as a driver to injured persons, a class B felony, and was granted probation by Judge Kamala Shugar, according to the Oregonian.

The deceased man has not been publicly identified by police.

“This is a complex investigation and EPD is still gathering information to forward to the Lane County District Attorney’s Office for a final charging decision,” a police spokesperson said, according to ABC.

Austin appeared in three games for Oregon last season and enters next season as a redshirt freshman.

Austin was a four-star recruit on Rivals.

“We are aware of the incident and are awaiting additional information,” an Oregon athletic department spokesperson told the Eugene Register-Guard.

Austin has a pretrial conference scheduled for May 19.