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Oregon football player Daylen Austin charged in hit-and-run that left 46-year-old man dead
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Date:2025-04-13 02:35:49
A University of Oregon football player has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash that left a man dead, police said.
Daylen Austin, 19, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon and charged with failing to perform the duties of a driver in the crash that took place Monday in Eugene, according to the Eugene Register-Guard, part of the USA TODAY Network.
According to information from Eugene Police spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin, the hit-and-run occurred just after 9 p.m. local time Monday in a residential neighborhood about 2 miles northwest of downtown. The city of Eugene is in central Oregon, about 50 miles east of the Pacific Ocean.
Police said the person killed was a 46-year-old man but have not released his name.
USA TODAY has reached out to police to see if the man's next of kin had been notified.
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Oregon athletics 'aware of the incident'
Austin was arrested at his apartment about two hours after the fatal crash, McLaughlin told USA TODAY Thursday.
He was not listed in custody on the Lane County Jail roster Thursday. It was not immediately known when the football player posted bail.
The USA TODAY Network has reached out to Austin's criminal defense attorney Bryan Boender.
"We are aware of the incident and are awaiting additional information," an Oregon athletics spokesperson told the Register-Guard in an email Wednesday.
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Who is Daylen Austin?
The redshirt freshman was not seen at Oregon's spring practice Tuesday morning but had been present previously throughout camp.
The 2023 recruit from Long Beach, California who attended Long Beach Poly High School played in three games last fall, with three tackles and a pass breakup.
Austin is slated to appear in court on May 22.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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