Oregon football player arrested in connection to fatal hit and run in Eugene

An Oregon football player has been arrested in connection with a Monday fatal hit and run in Eugene.

According the Eugene Police spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin, the incident happened around 9:10 p.m. on Monday at West 4th Avenue and Polk Street.

“This is a complex investigation and EPD is still gathering information to be submitted to the Lane County District Attorney’s Office for a final charging decision,” McLaughlin said in an email to The Register-Guard.

Police said the person killed was a 46-year-old man but have not yet released his name.

The Oregon player faces charges of failure to perform duties of a driver to injured persons. He is set to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. at the Lane County Jail and remains in custody as of Wednesday morning.

It was not immediately clear when he was arrested. It is The Register-Guard’s policy not to identify individuals who are arrested until they have been arraigned in court.

“We are aware of the incident and are awaiting additional information,” an Oregon athletics spokesperson told The Register-Guard in an email.

This story will be updated.

Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football, volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at adietz@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @AlecDietz.